outline1443
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I hope people can give me some advice.
We bought a house a couple of years ago there was quite a rush to move in. We got a lot of walls reskimmed. The previous owner had a DPC done on the external walls.
1) We struggled quite a lot with damp on the chimney breasts, but since capping the chimney and putting a vent in, it has resolved downstairs. There is still some patches on the upstairs chimney breast wall. We have the dehumidifier going. They weren't getting better or worse.
Do I leave it longer and hope that it dries out?
2) There is an external wall that was fine until the last couple of days of heavy rain and now the whole bottom metre is damp. It is one of the walls that had the DPC. It is still under guarantee so I have the guy coming to look on Saturday. Do I ask him to redo it? We've recently decorated and put new skirting on so that's annoying, but obviously the damp is the bigger issue
3) There is an internal wall that has low level damp, up to about 40-50cm. It has a radiator on it, the pipes are all external. The height doesn't rise, but it gets darker/damper. There are floorboards underneath. I have no idea what to do on this one.
After looking through the forum, I've seen a lot of comments suggesting that DPC is a con. If that is the case, what do I do? I had a quote for lime plaster but it was £700/SQM which seemed a lot!
Any advice would be really appreciated!
We bought a house a couple of years ago there was quite a rush to move in. We got a lot of walls reskimmed. The previous owner had a DPC done on the external walls.
1) We struggled quite a lot with damp on the chimney breasts, but since capping the chimney and putting a vent in, it has resolved downstairs. There is still some patches on the upstairs chimney breast wall. We have the dehumidifier going. They weren't getting better or worse.
Do I leave it longer and hope that it dries out?
2) There is an external wall that was fine until the last couple of days of heavy rain and now the whole bottom metre is damp. It is one of the walls that had the DPC. It is still under guarantee so I have the guy coming to look on Saturday. Do I ask him to redo it? We've recently decorated and put new skirting on so that's annoying, but obviously the damp is the bigger issue
3) There is an internal wall that has low level damp, up to about 40-50cm. It has a radiator on it, the pipes are all external. The height doesn't rise, but it gets darker/damper. There are floorboards underneath. I have no idea what to do on this one.
After looking through the forum, I've seen a lot of comments suggesting that DPC is a con. If that is the case, what do I do? I had a quote for lime plaster but it was £700/SQM which seemed a lot!
Any advice would be really appreciated!