MrsHouseHasDampIssues
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I have a Grade II listed stone property and it has a tenant in it. It dates back from the 1700s and had damp issues when I bought it. I tanked the main room (yes I appreciate this is not really the way) and it was fine for 5 years except for a damp problem in a cupboard, which hadn't been tanked....
Last year, we tanked this cupboard and laid a plastic false wood floor over the cement scree. Since then, the damp seems to have got worse.
The tanking in the cupboard hasn't worked and the damp there has come through and migrated to the wall next to the cupboard (which was also tanked a while ago, but the tanking no longer seems to work), which now has rising damp. Rising damp has also appeared next to the back door near this area.
I think we need to take all the failed tanking out of the cupboard, and strip it back to the stone so that it can dry, plus strip the back wall back to the stone. Does anyone have any advice? We've already installed air vents.
My hesitation about this is what we still won't understand the cause of the damp in the cupboard. It may simply be condensation. The cupboard is against what was originally the back wall of the stone cottage, but that wall now has an extension from the neighbouring house attached to it and is internal rather than external. The damp in there (and on the wall next to it) gets worse after rain, so I'm not sure whether a drain going under the house is leaking... Any advice appreciated!
Last year, we tanked this cupboard and laid a plastic false wood floor over the cement scree. Since then, the damp seems to have got worse.
The tanking in the cupboard hasn't worked and the damp there has come through and migrated to the wall next to the cupboard (which was also tanked a while ago, but the tanking no longer seems to work), which now has rising damp. Rising damp has also appeared next to the back door near this area.
I think we need to take all the failed tanking out of the cupboard, and strip it back to the stone so that it can dry, plus strip the back wall back to the stone. Does anyone have any advice? We've already installed air vents.
My hesitation about this is what we still won't understand the cause of the damp in the cupboard. It may simply be condensation. The cupboard is against what was originally the back wall of the stone cottage, but that wall now has an extension from the neighbouring house attached to it and is internal rather than external. The damp in there (and on the wall next to it) gets worse after rain, so I'm not sure whether a drain going under the house is leaking... Any advice appreciated!
