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Finally got my room re plastered and re-decorated by some ‘professionals’. Plaster wouldn’t dry on a few sections - near the chimney, and on the two walls that connect, one is a party wall that connects to an external wall.
I’ve already had a bash and made it worse by using a heater to dry it, so below for context. I think the heater just made the moisture spread up the external wall in the LHS.
They used heaters to dry the walls out before painting, and not long after the paint started peeling. Efflorescence crystals underneath i think as it’s a bit sparkly on the whole bottom bit of paint.
Spoke to them and they said it was a damp problem so nothing to do with them. Cheers!
Anyway so starting my investigations as though it’s annoying they are probably right re damp. Primary cause i think is the wall for the front garden bridging the masonry wall - neighbour has their gutter draining there and there are bits of the concrete missing between the bricks in the masonry. We have pebble dash render and I think that has meant water is very able to seep through and then getting stuck. Front garden is also concreted over - possibly above the DPC but there isn’t any damp anywhere else on the external wall so far so don’t expect its that.
Going to start by hacking away any concrete thats on the front wall and bridging high up, then going to find someone to fill the bricks in so that’s at least sealed.
Any thoughts appreciated. Can only post two pictures from my phone due to site limits it seems so appreciate that’s not ideal
Finally got my room re plastered and re-decorated by some ‘professionals’. Plaster wouldn’t dry on a few sections - near the chimney, and on the two walls that connect, one is a party wall that connects to an external wall.
I’ve already had a bash and made it worse by using a heater to dry it, so below for context. I think the heater just made the moisture spread up the external wall in the LHS.
They used heaters to dry the walls out before painting, and not long after the paint started peeling. Efflorescence crystals underneath i think as it’s a bit sparkly on the whole bottom bit of paint.
Spoke to them and they said it was a damp problem so nothing to do with them. Cheers!
Anyway so starting my investigations as though it’s annoying they are probably right re damp. Primary cause i think is the wall for the front garden bridging the masonry wall - neighbour has their gutter draining there and there are bits of the concrete missing between the bricks in the masonry. We have pebble dash render and I think that has meant water is very able to seep through and then getting stuck. Front garden is also concreted over - possibly above the DPC but there isn’t any damp anywhere else on the external wall so far so don’t expect its that.
Going to start by hacking away any concrete thats on the front wall and bridging high up, then going to find someone to fill the bricks in so that’s at least sealed.
Any thoughts appreciated. Can only post two pictures from my phone due to site limits it seems so appreciate that’s not ideal