damp proofing

Hiya, I'm replacing a "package" 10' x 20' shed and will be building it from scratch. The quality of the shed was not high in the first place, and it's now leaking and generally damp, and is also not well organised. I'm moderately experienced in building larger projects (I've designed and built...

The hallway subfloor seems to get damp, especially if it's been raining heavily outside. Do you think it would be a sensible solution to apply slurry to this floor, and the walls below the floorboard level to prevent this? I don't want to make a mistake before putting the floorboards back down...

I moved into a victorian house and the previous owner had covered the air brick in the living room (under suspended floor), so the room would get a bit smelly. I have since unblocked this so the room is now less smelly, but not completely fresh. I have added an additional air brick but neither...

Hi, I've bought a 1930's semi in Surrey, we've got rising damp. The house has pebbledash rendering, I can see a few previous holes drilled through the render for a damp proof course, so I can use those again, but they only go around half the house. They must have been drilled after the...

Afternoon, all. my detached garage sits below the ground level of the garden and acts as a retaining wall towards the rear of the building. This has resulted in some minor damp ingress during wetter times of the year (mostly at the internal corners). I'm looking for a product that I can paint...

I'm converting a brick outbuilding to a utility room and was planning on using a basement Tanking damp proof membrane to line the walls before Battens and insulated plaster boards go on. The roof is flat concrete with rebar running across tieing in to next doors so as expected the ceiling can...

I have a garage which is attached to the main house, this is being used as a utility room/storage area. Recently I noticed hard black ball shapes coming from the carpet, I looked into this and formed the opinion this was caused because of damp. I pulled up the thin carpet tiles and noticed that...

Have replaced a window with French doors I have noticed the steel above the door is slightly damp on the inside, there is an inch gap which I need to plaster so am concerned it will cause damp through the plaster Was thinking of covering the steel with silicon or sticking some damp proof...

Hi, heres my project https://projectflat.wordpress.com/ - the next stage is getting the materials starting with salt neutraliser / anti-sulphate.... any preferred suppliers? Many thanks, Gavin

Hi, im working on damp proofing my bathroom and i'm going to try and do what the professional quoted, i do have some building experiance and have hacked off the plasterboard down to the brick in prep of the below. Could you advise of a decent supplier (ideally i can pick up from Sussex/uk)...

Thank you in advance for any help. We bought a 1906 terraced house last year. There was a small amount of damp but the property had been empty for quite a while so we assumed it would dry out. Over the the winter, we used a dehumidifier and had the heating on and the walls dried out...