moisture

Hi, was hoping for some advice We are in a 1930s semi which has always struggled a bit with moisture and is very prone to mould forming. We are currently having a loft conversion done and it prompted me to think about solutions. Once seems to be PIV however we are obviously losing the majority...

I have a 1933 house and had a new bathroom put in several years ago. It's been fine up until a while ago when I noticed a creaking sound when standing in the bath. Lately there's a couple areas on the tiled floor where it sounds like you're standing on a squeaky floor board and I can feel slight...

I’m not sure what is causing this issue. There is what seems to be damp to the side of the tiles above the door frame in the bathroom. I’ve taken part of the plasterboard off each side and even been in the loft above to find any signs of water, but nothing! It’s dry every time. I’ve painted...

Hi. Quick question about bathrooms and tiling! I am currently working on the walls of a new bathroom! I will use moisture resistant plasterboard in the ceiling and tile backer boards on the stud walls! I would like to dot n dab a 40mm insulated plasterboard against a block wall. Can I use...

When it's very cold, moisture drips from the felt under the tiles of the roof. It could be up to 50 years old (70's house) so it will not be breathable. No issues whatsoever during the heaviest rainfall. Currently, there does not seem to be any source of fresh air (no eaves providing this) so...

Hi all, Apologies if this is not in the correct section. We have some damp appearing in the upper corner of our bedroom upstairs. This corner is an outer corner of the house, where the two outside walls meet. The other two bedrooms upstairs also have this to a lesser extent on their outer...

Hey everyone, I had a question about sealing my concrete slab before laying down flooring. I live in a very humid area and my building was built in the 60s, so they did not install a vapor barrier under the concrete slab subfloor. I get a lot of moisture coming up from the concrete so I wanted...

Hey everyone! I need some help on how to handle asbestos (non friable black mastic) and a lot of moisture on my concrete slab. I have attached a photo but recently my hardwoods were torn up leaving me with an exposed concrete slab that had asbestos on it. I do not want to pay to abate the...

Extremely confusing 50 / 50 split as to what is the right way to lay decking boards. As I'm researching, it seems to depend on the type of timber and level of moisture content... I will be using kiln dried larch. Leaning towards installing bark side up, but is that right? Pressure treated...

hello All i have recently moved into a new house. its a 1960's build link detached - with the garage added some time after the original build The rear wall of the garage is a single layer of concrete breezeblocks standing directly on the concrete hardstanding of the back yard the blocks...

Hi all Appreciate the golden rule of eaves - is to keep them clear. A year ago I moved into a 16th Century Kent cottage (listed) - with 'kent peg tile' roof. Eaves cut into the upstairs room space - so the usual 'how do I insulate my roof whilst allowing it to breath' situation. Previous...

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...

Hi everyone, My 1925 house is having some issues on a chimney breast in our dining room. When we moved in we pulled down the wallpaper in there, including on the chimney breast. The wall had been repaired before a long time ago and was uneven so I applied a skim coat of joint compound to level...

Hello All, I've gone round and round in circles on this and would appreciate some input please.... Last autumn a workshop was built at the back of my garden, it was built on a concrete slab and constructed of med-density concrete blocks (single skin) with a OSB roof covered EPDM. Last winter...

I’m stripping our bathroom and found that behind all the layers of skin and tile over the years, we have lime plaster on the external solid wall. My initial plan was to just leave it be, but annoyingly it is blown from about 300mm above where the top of the new bath is going to be. The wall is...

Hi, Had an offer accepted on a house it’s a 3 bed end of terrace in Scotland, the home report was not available until after the short closing date. The report states high moisture readings in localised parts of the kitchen wall near to patio doors and a damp/timber specialists advice is sought...

Hi, I have started redo my bathroom and after removing units and tiles from the floor it had uncovered damaged pipe that was leaking slight moisture into the ply the tiles were lied on and underlying floorboards. The floorboard had dried, but still looked nasty, so I wanted to replace them...

Hello all! First time poster: I have a semi-detached house in a high water table area and I noticed that under the suspended wooden ground floor there was some standing water. I carried out some investigation and it appears that more water flows into the crawl space (approx 4ft high) in when...

Hi All, Enthusiastic amateur here - I've fitted a couple of bathrooms, a kitchen, false walls etc, but I'm no expert. I have a desk job, so I enjoy doing something practical in my spare time. Not sure if you can help with a question about moisture, but thought I'd ask... I'm planning on...

Hello all, In the last week a horizontal crack appeared above my kitchen window, moving outwards from a plastic vent cover in the middle. I removed the vent cover and found the cavity to be full of fibre wadding which was quite wet and rotten, so I pulled the immediately accessible stuff out...