Dear Forum,
We recently bought our house which has ventilation in every room on the walls near the ceiling end. The wall on some of the rooms are damp. We are not sure whether it was the climbing trees/plants, ventilation problem or something else. Thanks again for your help.
1) Kitchen wall - the wood fitter detected the damp on the wall under the window but it feels dried inside as the plaster is broken. However, there was some plant bushes on the outside which are now removed and the outer wall of this area looks a bit darker. We detected a damp on the upper wall a meter away when stripping out the wall paper. Upon inspection, there were alot of ivy and other climbing plants on the outside wall which are now removed.
2) Dining Room - the wall paper near the air brick (the inside air brick is blocked) felt damp when were were removing the wall paper and the wall has some greenish mould. The outer wall (brick) near the downpipe and looks a bit darker. All the downpipe and gutter are now replaced but we are not sure whether it would cure the problem.
We would like also invite a damp specialist but are not sure how to look for a good one. What qualification we need to ask for?
Many thanks for your help.
We recently bought our house which has ventilation in every room on the walls near the ceiling end. The wall on some of the rooms are damp. We are not sure whether it was the climbing trees/plants, ventilation problem or something else. Thanks again for your help.
1) Kitchen wall - the wood fitter detected the damp on the wall under the window but it feels dried inside as the plaster is broken. However, there was some plant bushes on the outside which are now removed and the outer wall of this area looks a bit darker. We detected a damp on the upper wall a meter away when stripping out the wall paper. Upon inspection, there were alot of ivy and other climbing plants on the outside wall which are now removed.
2) Dining Room - the wall paper near the air brick (the inside air brick is blocked) felt damp when were were removing the wall paper and the wall has some greenish mould. The outer wall (brick) near the downpipe and looks a bit darker. All the downpipe and gutter are now replaced but we are not sure whether it would cure the problem.
We would like also invite a damp specialist but are not sure how to look for a good one. What qualification we need to ask for?
Many thanks for your help.
