Cladding a wall to cover damp area

[HERTS P&D]

Walk away or this job would come back and bite you!

Andy

 

[Keitai]

i had assumed txg cladding ----now you have me thinking i may be wrong
the reveal at the door looks tight at perhaps8-12mm

Upvc won't be good cut so short in the reveals surely, some kind of wood cladding? What would you recommend? White of course.


A surveyor has looked at it and can't find the cause. There's a downpipe directly above it though

 

[Nige F]

Can the downpipe be re routed ?

 

[big-all]

you can get something like 2mm white acrylic that may work in the reveal

 

[Odds]

A surveyor has looked at it and can't find the cause. There's a downpipe directly above it though

I wonder where the leak is coming from?
Yup, t'is a real chin scratcher, this one.

 

[Keitai]

you can get something like 2mm white acrylic that may work in the reveal

So use 2mm in reveal and the white upvc T&G cladding on walls? Don't bother with wood even though it's interior?

 

[Keitai]

I wonder where the leak is coming from?
Yup, t'is a real chin scratcher, this one.

Lol. Can't believe surveyor missed downpipe

 

[HERTS P&D]

Can't believe this thread is not a wind up!

Andy

 

[RandomGrinch]

A surveyor has looked at it and can't find the cause. There's a downpipe directly above it though

Guessing from the windows and doors, this could have been an external wall, there might also be some water penetration into the cavity; this may explain the spread of dampness over the door lintel?
As @Nige F says, a simple downpipe extension, straight into the gutter may help?

Lol. Can't believe surveyor missed downpipe

You could make some of these suggestions to the clients, you may be able to solve the problem, when a surveyor couldn't!

Kettle and tell - what a double act

All we need now is DIYNutJob for the perfect triumvirate!

 

[big-all]

So use 2mm in reveal and the white upvc T&G cladding on walls? Don't bother with wood even though it's interior?

as its a "butter up" compromise and should only ever be temporary, you need to work out the expected time span before doing it properly and choose the minimum spend to get the best maintenance free Finnish and go from there
now iff you expect to get the damp solved in 6 months time then stain blocker and paint till it dries out if longer then another option
but you must tell them its a temporary bodge and set the grounds rules as in you will be responsible for ongoing problems or you wont come back again at your expense until a time agreed to sort it propperly
to me its a 6 months minimum before trying to sort so anything now is just the temporary hoardings saying "new lidls store coming soon" before the full refurbish to a decent standard later in the year

 

[tell80]

FWIW: just a heads up bit of advice for the average DIY viewer - all damp stained solid plaster or interior render should be hacked off back to masonry, and renewed with lime render - dont use any gypsum.
Plasterboard should be cut out & replaced.