Hello
We bought our house about 6 months ago. A building survey was done in which a form of damp was found on the wall of the kitchen -- this is an outside wall. I am attaching a picture taken by the surveyor around 8 months ago. I will upload new pictures later today since the damp seems to have advanced.
Surveyor does not mention rising damp. Two builders came around for other works and I asked them their opinion. One of them said it's probably a leak in some pipe (there are two downpipes outside as well as what seems to be a drain; there also two radiator pipes running through the inside, you can see them in the picture where they are turned green by the copper getting damp).
The other one which I really trust says it's probably rising damp. He is the one we will use for our redecoration downstairs which includes a full kitchen refurbishment. We plan to do this next summer or maybe a bit later. He said the problem can wait until then, if it was 5 years he would fix this now but no sense in doing something if it's only 1 or at most 2 years down the line.
Should I follow his advice? I am a bit concerned that the damp seems to have expanded from 6 months ago -- the ugly woodchip wallpaper has broken a bit more, it's more bloated, seems to have very little bubbles and the plaster has deteriorated more (it was already blown before). There is no water inside or seen on the wall.
I don't want to spend lots of money if that's what it takes to fix it, as Id rather do it when doing the kitchen, but if it's very urgent then probably will need to.. usually how long does this take to cause real issues? (Like dry rot or health issues)
Thanks https://imgur.com/a/ByeGrAa
We bought our house about 6 months ago. A building survey was done in which a form of damp was found on the wall of the kitchen -- this is an outside wall. I am attaching a picture taken by the surveyor around 8 months ago. I will upload new pictures later today since the damp seems to have advanced.
Surveyor does not mention rising damp. Two builders came around for other works and I asked them their opinion. One of them said it's probably a leak in some pipe (there are two downpipes outside as well as what seems to be a drain; there also two radiator pipes running through the inside, you can see them in the picture where they are turned green by the copper getting damp).
The other one which I really trust says it's probably rising damp. He is the one we will use for our redecoration downstairs which includes a full kitchen refurbishment. We plan to do this next summer or maybe a bit later. He said the problem can wait until then, if it was 5 years he would fix this now but no sense in doing something if it's only 1 or at most 2 years down the line.
Should I follow his advice? I am a bit concerned that the damp seems to have expanded from 6 months ago -- the ugly woodchip wallpaper has broken a bit more, it's more bloated, seems to have very little bubbles and the plaster has deteriorated more (it was already blown before). There is no water inside or seen on the wall.
I don't want to spend lots of money if that's what it takes to fix it, as Id rather do it when doing the kitchen, but if it's very urgent then probably will need to.. usually how long does this take to cause real issues? (Like dry rot or health issues)
Thanks https://imgur.com/a/ByeGrAa