damp barrier

[zorro]

In a previous mail i was telling about a, relatively minor, damp problem whereby wallpaper was peeling in a smallish area due to damp coming through single skin wall. Is a polystyrene damp proof liner still the best way of creating a barrier to prevent the damp affecting the paper or is there a paint-on remedy available?

 

[Zampa]

No..you need a product called foil damp and a special adhesive that goes with it

But remember, its not a cure.

 

[zorro]

Hello Zampa, Many thanks for your reply. Can you tell me who manufactures the `foil damp`? and is it available say in B&Q or would it be a more specialist outlet? Is it applied on the outer surface to prevent damp penetrating or on the inner to help protect the decor?

 

[Softus]

As Zampa has already said, you can't decorate your way out of a damp problem. You need to determine where the moisture is coming from and stop it from entering the building.

 

[paintshopmanager]

Hi, the foildamp is manufactured by a company called "carrs" you put it directly onto an internal wall using the foildamp adhesive, this will then block the damp from coming through to the wallpaper, but as other people have said, this is in no way a cure for the damp.
you can buy this from any ... trade paint outlets

 

[zorro]

guys, many thanks for all your replies.I do , however, need to , or at least attempt to, quantify the extent of the damp problem. There is no mould, no `hollow`plaster and no wallpaper peeling down the walls. This is a relatively small area of loose wallpaper pf about 3 x 3 feet of absolute maximum, either side of an outside corner just above the skirting board. It's about 2 feet above the pathway around the edge of the garden and after checking the outside rendered and professionally painted wall i can see absolutely no evidence of where water may be seeping through. The only place that i can imagine where the source lies is either where the path meets the wall ,and i can see a gap, in fact i've had to kill weeds there, or it's perhaps coming from an outside drain which is at the problem corner, but remember it's manifesting about 2 feet above drain and the gap so are they really possible sources?.

 

[Zampa]

Hi, the foildamp is manufactured by a company called "carrs" you put it directly onto an internal wall using the foildamp adhesive, this will then block the damp from coming through to the wallpaper, but as other people have said, this is in no way a cure for the damp.
you can buy this from my shop..., or any trade paint outlets

Really...now theres a shock!

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[paintshopmanager]

you can buy this from ... my shop... or ANY trade paint outlets

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[Zampa]

Well said MOD...

Right im off for a nice whiskey and Cola ..a bag of crisps and then i'll pop outside for a fag.

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[paintshopmanager]

only trying to help people, i did say that ANY trade paint supplier would help

 

[Softus]

only trying to help people, i did say that ANY trade paint supplier would help

But you didn't - I saw what you originally wrote.

 

[paintshopmanager]

But you didn't - I saw what you originally wrote.

my original post is still above, the mod only took the name of the shop out, so you can see that i did infact say Any shop aswel

 

[Softus]

But you didn't - I saw what you originally wrote.

my original post is still above

No it isn't - the post above is not as it originally was.

the mod only took the name of the shop out

You didn't post the name of a shop; you posted the name of a brand.

so you can see that i did infact say Any shop aswel

That's a nonsensical statement to claim to have made.

If I write "black and all other colours", and someone deletes the "black and", then I can't claim to have originally written "all colours", because if I'd wanted to then I could and would have written that.

If I write "a shop called <shop name> and also any shop", then <shop name> is clearly superfluous and therefore cannot be construed as anything other than an advert.

You were caught at it, and all you're doing now is whinging.

 

[paintshopmanager]

Advertising is not my intension, if it seems that way i apologise, i was merely trying to advise the guy where the product is available from.

 

[Softus]

So are you now apologising only if people construe it as being intentional?