damp

Had some building work done last year include new French doors. Have been saving up some more £££ to finish the room. This winter I’ve noticed a patch of efflorescence. It didn’t happen last year. Seems a bit odd. Are there any immediate actions I should take? The second photo is under that...

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...

Hi all. We moved into a new build flat 3 years ago and have been having issues with damp and mould in the utility cupboard from about 3 months after we moved in until now. When we originally brought it up with the builder they told us that there was a leak coming from outside where a drain...

I think I've got myself confused between two discrete options for insulating our house, and could do with another opinion … I'm in a late 18th century terrace, 550-600mm stone walls with rubble infill and a pitched slate roof. It's a cold house, and I'm wanting to insulate it as best I can...

I've recently purchased an '80s semi-detached bungalow and currently in the process of renovation. Originally, the property was heated via a warm air system and water heater, but this was replaced ~10 years ago with a Combi Boiler CH/HW system. In the kitchen there is a cupboard in which was...

Hi all First post here. I've searched around everywhere for someone with a similar set up to my place and found nothing so had to ask for myself. I have a ground floor flat of a converted pub built circa 1905 and converted in the mid 90's. It's solid brick wall construction, single glazed...

There is one wall in my kitchen with patches of bubbled, flaking paint. It looks like damp, except it's too high and inconsistent for rising damp, there is no pipework above for possible leaks, and it's far away from the boiler, stove, and kettle so don't suspect condensation. It also hasn't...

The top corner of my kitchen wall started to crumble a bit. I used a paper scraper to remove it. There is a radiator/water pipe behind this section of wall. The pipes have turned green but are not wet. In fact, nothing there appears to be wet, but that corner of wall is almost dust now. I have...

We live in a Victorian semi. When we moved in i immediately identified a problem with damp under our subfloor. The ground (and it is literally soil under there) is coated with a white mould and Is damp to the touch. Luckily we have between 3-5 foot of crawl space height depending on where you...

We live in a Victorian terraced house and our neighbour has come over saying the render has blown near the coping stones right at the top, in between our houses. Turns out they’ve had terrible damp in the kitchen for 5 years but only mentioned anything a few months ago. He came over today saying...

I'll try keep it as brief as possible as I could go on on.. I'm having an internal damp issue on the front internal wall (north facing). See pictures of internal and external. House built in 1875. Yorkshire stone build. Damp ONLY occurs in winter, coincidentally when turning the heating on...

Hello, I am designing my detached garage conversion, it’s a single skin brick building on a solid raft slab. I’ve had a look on multiple previous posts and cannot find a specific answer. I’ve post here and in the ‘building’ forum, not sure which is best. I am need of advice at the wall/floor...

Hello, I am designing my detached garage conversion, it’s a single skin brick building on a solid raft slab. I’ve had a look on multiple previous posts and cannot find a specific answer. I am need of advice at the wall/floor junction to ensure I do not get damp issues. My design is largely...

Hi guys I have an issue in my kitchen that a surveyor says is a failure in my damp proofing & my damp man says is only moisture. Its in one corner of my kitchen and 3 sets of solid oak worktops have bowed. Its now starting to make my metal fireplace in the adjacent room go a little rusty. Its...

I have recently purchased a new property and I am looking at converting the detached garage into a workshop. The garage sits at the bottom of a reasonably steep slope leading up to the house and the rear garage wall doubles up as a retaining wall for the garden behind it. In order to reinforce...

Hi All I’ve bought a c1910 detached house knowing it had damp issues in the subfloor, the damps been there for a while! . I’ve fixed the issues causing the damp, cleared the vents and in the procsss of drying out the walls and concrete base. I will need to address the sleeper walls and the...

Hi, Hoping someone can help. I have a wall (double skin cavity wall) that had damp. The damp problem has been fixed and the bricks are now dry. I have painted it with sand + cement tanking slurry with a waterproofer added. Can I get away with bonding and then skim? I’ve read somewhere that you...

I have a Victorian property with a basement that is becoming damper over time. One easy fix is to add more ventilation through our coal Chute. Currently, the chute is covered by a square metal cover that can be lifted off the hole in the ground just outside our kitchen window to access the...

We had a survey back on an old cottage built of granite. obviously there are some damp issues. I am trying to convince my husband we should not be put off by this as if the source of the damp is identified then it can be remediated. I will copy what was written in the report below 1. Down the...

We moved to a 1950s detached house in September which has a cupboard space under the stairs. I've noticed some quite heavy condensation inside it which you can see in the attached pictures. The cupboard does smell faintly damp and there was a lot of mould / blown plaster on the walls here before...