Hi,
Ive been in my house now for about 4 months. There was a bit of damp in the house so rather than rushing in and spending money I decided to wait to see if most of it cleared.
It did, as the house was sitting unnoccupied for a while.
There are still 2 damp patched low down on a party wall which are very wet to touch. I took off the skirting and noticed there was a previous DPC injected and some membrane lipping up from under the quarry tile floor. The mebrane was about the same height of the drill holes, So I trimmed this off to reduce the height.
Ive now hacked off the plaster well above the highest damp point and will leave for a few weeks. I drilled out the old DPC holes and injected some more as I had some spare.
Ive checked next door and they had DPC injected at same time a few years ago. the plaster was obviously not replaced.
How long should I wait before rendering over and what should I render over with. I only want to bring the walls level as they need a complete re-skim anyway.
Thanks
jack
Ive been in my house now for about 4 months. There was a bit of damp in the house so rather than rushing in and spending money I decided to wait to see if most of it cleared.
It did, as the house was sitting unnoccupied for a while.
There are still 2 damp patched low down on a party wall which are very wet to touch. I took off the skirting and noticed there was a previous DPC injected and some membrane lipping up from under the quarry tile floor. The mebrane was about the same height of the drill holes, So I trimmed this off to reduce the height.
Ive now hacked off the plaster well above the highest damp point and will leave for a few weeks. I drilled out the old DPC holes and injected some more as I had some spare.
Ive checked next door and they had DPC injected at same time a few years ago. the plaster was obviously not replaced.
How long should I wait before rendering over and what should I render over with. I only want to bring the walls level as they need a complete re-skim anyway.
Thanks
jack
