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Our house is C1850 and constructed of limestone. The downstairs rooms have t&g boarding upto dado height fitted directly onto the stone and lime plastered above this. One of the rooms has had damp appear on the plaster around two of the external walls this is also on the chimney breast, the fireplace had been changed to a 30's concrete and tiled style.
We have dug french drains sometime ago but the problem is still there and due to the boarding we do not know if it is actually coming up from the ground.
We have now taken the bull by the horns and stripped all of the boarding and plaster off the walls initially with a view to dry lining it.
Do you think this is the best course of action and if so is it better to use a damp proof membrane against the existing walls with batons on top or a membrane backed plaster board or even no damp proof membrane at all
Thanks very much.
We have dug french drains sometime ago but the problem is still there and due to the boarding we do not know if it is actually coming up from the ground.
We have now taken the bull by the horns and stripped all of the boarding and plaster off the walls initially with a view to dry lining it.
Do you think this is the best course of action and if so is it better to use a damp proof membrane against the existing walls with batons on top or a membrane backed plaster board or even no damp proof membrane at all
Thanks very much.