Hi all
I have a solid wall house that has had a chemical dpc installed at some point but not sure when or by who. The ground floor has been converted from the original suspended wooden floor to a solid concrete floor which has a membrane ontop and a laminate floor ontop if the membrane.
The groundfloor walls were newly plastered with standard gypsum plaster before we moved in and new skirtings fitted. After a few years we noticed that in some areas damp stains were starting to creep up the walls. I removed the skirting boards and discovered that the plaster had been placed all the way down to the solid concrete floor and bridged over the dpc also. I hacked off the plaster behind the skirting so that the dpc was no longer covered and I'm hoping this may have stopped future damage?
Can anyone advise what we can do with the stained plaster to avoid having to hack it all off up to a metre up the wall? The stains get more noticeable when the air is very humid and we use a dehumidifier in the winter.
Thanks in advance
Jon
I have a solid wall house that has had a chemical dpc installed at some point but not sure when or by who. The ground floor has been converted from the original suspended wooden floor to a solid concrete floor which has a membrane ontop and a laminate floor ontop if the membrane.
The groundfloor walls were newly plastered with standard gypsum plaster before we moved in and new skirtings fitted. After a few years we noticed that in some areas damp stains were starting to creep up the walls. I removed the skirting boards and discovered that the plaster had been placed all the way down to the solid concrete floor and bridged over the dpc also. I hacked off the plaster behind the skirting so that the dpc was no longer covered and I'm hoping this may have stopped future damage?
Can anyone advise what we can do with the stained plaster to avoid having to hack it all off up to a metre up the wall? The stains get more noticeable when the air is very humid and we use a dehumidifier in the winter.
Thanks in advance
Jon