I am currently unemployed but making use of myself decorating my mother in laws house as she is not able to because of age.
she lives in an old cottage in tamworth and whilst stripping down the walls i noticed what seems to be rising damp. Its not bad, but am worried about cladding over the top of it as i want the cladding to last.
apparently when she worked she had a pet dog, and whilst working she would leave the back door open ALL the time allowing the dog to go outside, and this was in all sorts of weather, i can only assume that this was the cause of the damp issues as i cannot see where the damp has come from.
Now the dog has passed on she want her room cladded, which might be easier than papering over the slight damp. any ideas how best to go about this? what should i treat the walls with, what i should treat the wood with?
i have cladded some the room where there was no damp with no more nails, and then undercoating and painting the wood, but i feel that no more nails might not hold the cladding on the other walls, i have some damp seal but will that do the trick?
the walls are only slightly damp to the touch, slight crumbling of plaster in very small areas, i am not sure fixing batons will work as i want to hold the cladding slugh with the skirting board
any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance
she lives in an old cottage in tamworth and whilst stripping down the walls i noticed what seems to be rising damp. Its not bad, but am worried about cladding over the top of it as i want the cladding to last.
apparently when she worked she had a pet dog, and whilst working she would leave the back door open ALL the time allowing the dog to go outside, and this was in all sorts of weather, i can only assume that this was the cause of the damp issues as i cannot see where the damp has come from.
Now the dog has passed on she want her room cladded, which might be easier than papering over the slight damp. any ideas how best to go about this? what should i treat the walls with, what i should treat the wood with?
i have cladded some the room where there was no damp with no more nails, and then undercoating and painting the wood, but i feel that no more nails might not hold the cladding on the other walls, i have some damp seal but will that do the trick?
the walls are only slightly damp to the touch, slight crumbling of plaster in very small areas, i am not sure fixing batons will work as i want to hold the cladding slugh with the skirting board
any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance