DIY DPC

[Zulley]

Firstly, would you do it yourself? If no, why not.

I bought a house ages ago and ive finally got round to putting a DPC down one side of my house (mid terrace).

The work was starting today by a good plasterer, phoned me an hour in and said the quoted price would have to double as tanking was involved. I cant afford the new price.

Ive been looking into it and cant understand why im not just doing the job myself.

What i think needs to be done:

Chop off old plaster 1m high,
Inject the walls,
Line wall with membrane (is this tanking?)
Replaster.

Ive looked into what i need to buy (on twistfix.co.uk) and for the injection stuff and membrane it comes to about £500 which is great.

Really need some help on the above and please tell me if you have ever done it yourself, problems, etc.

Thanks in advance.




Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

 

[fmck]

I didnt bother injecting dpc. I cleaned the wall inside and bitumen painted + bitumen roll tanking. I then for good measure built a stud wall just off the main wall so they werent touching.( metal tie backs were) 12 years on its about the only thing my tennant hasnt complained about!
I found out later that a heavy visqueen polythene does the same job but cheaper. If you just plasterboard the stud then all you need this guy for is to skim it

 

[handyman77]

The polythene method was often used by councils, quick and easy!

 

[mointainwalker]

Why are you starting another thread for the same topic ? Don't you like the answers on the other one ?

 

[Zulley]

^^ haha, im very grateful for everyone's answers, it was my first post, then i found the building section and thought it would be better in there.

 

[paulandfrodo]

In a lot of cases the cause is nothing to do with the DPC but is actually blocked cavities.

I've just started refurbing a house. It's been tanked and a new DPC injected. Neither of which actually did any good as the problem was actually that the cavity was full of soil/rubble. This occurred I think when the old sash windows were removed and PVC windows installed.. Hey, why not just put all the rubbish down these gaps !!!

All cleared out, now replaster. You could check the cavities out by knocking a brick or two out and putting your hand in.