Welcome to Dampproofing TV the RU-vid channel of Damp Sam & All Dry Damp Proofing Ltd the home of practical advice on treating your damp issues and problems. What ever your damp issues if we have not yet posted a cringe worthy video about it please click on our website and fill in the enquiry form and we will endevour to answer your questions for you. We are new at posting the vids so please bare with us and all feed back good or bad is welcome. Our surveyors are CSRT & CSSW qualified which is an industry standard and we deal with every kind of damp related issue on a day to day basis. From Dampness to Dryness in Days is our motto and we work every day to dry the world. Damp never has a rest day so why should we. We hope you enjoy the channel and may be learn something on the way. Alright All Dry.
Yes your right sam they need to go on site. Ive just done a pca damp and timber tech course . Also i believe technicians need to be actually shown how to install the different systems for damp proofing and actually be then inspected on the instltall before getting any qualifications.
Hi Simon. I hope you are ok bud. Haven’t noticed any new videos from you in a while. I’m hoping it’s because you’re busy and not because you’re unwell. I love your funny videos, they always have me cracked up. Speak soon. Take care. Craig. 🙂👍🏼 ps. Is it a hawk or a hand board ha ha ha.😂
Hi Craig, No mate just having a break while it’s summer, iv done vids n gave out free content for 10 years now and I’m not getting any younger so just having break. 👍
@@dampsam Hi Simon. I completely understand. I didn’t realise you had been doing it for so long. Your videos do have me in stitches. Glad you are well anyway and enjoy the summer. Hopefully the weather will get better before winter comes ha ha 😂. Take care mate and speak soon. All the best. Craig. 👍🏼🙂
What is the black paint you have painted on the top of the skirting mate. Looks like a liquid dpm. Is that because its very hard to get the dry flex tight to the top of the wood? Or to stop the skim coat touching anything wet at that point?
Hi sam I seen in 1 of your videos , you used a orange extractor fan ,are they any good for taking away the dust when chiseling plaster off the walls thanks
Nowt wrong with his trowel.If you are plasterer you would know its impossible to keep your steel trowel spotless like stainless one. Regular floating and screening will keep your carbon steel in good order. Trowel walls next day...impossible. maybe hard trowel.
Good video...but fussy builder...stop complaining, tell price, few quid extra and get the job done...I'm no plasterer but done many first attempts in my own houses during moves..I left chunks of plaster on many times, no PVA or real scrub down , still standing and looking solid..theses builders over complicate simple processes to look "professional" it seems owners has enough knowledge how not to do it to your standards, i guess you just want to make a pointless video with no real depth of info to your reasoning....and wanting to dot and dab , that's cowboy job..get lime on it...
Cheers for spending time and effort to watch the pointless video and pointlessly comment about pointless things you know nothing about. Hope you get the point.
I’m on my second time owning a brick house . I’ve learnt a lot since owning a brick house . One thing I would never do is insulate the cavity . It’s there for a reason . Of course an insulation company will tell you otherwise but they certainly are not builders or brick layers . If you need more insulation then buy another house but don’t fill the cavity because it’s not a matter of if it will get wet but when it gets wet and now you have a major problem on your hands . The other thing is painting brick ! I have no problem with it however you should stain it rather than paint it . Mortar is porous and to my mind sealing it off can only be beneficial and let’s not forget your only painting one side out 6 so where’s the issue . Any moisture that may occur on the backside of the brick is taken care of by a well functioning air cavity . Simple .
FYI ‘Breathability is the water vapour transmission rate, or the speed at which vapour passes through a particular material or construction.’ I’m surprised them didn’t cover this on your CSRT course.
Hey Sam, thank you for the video, this is exactly the problem we had and had roofers come and tell us we needed new flashing. So I’ve already spent a load of money and not solved the problem. Even if you cap the chimney and solve the problem of moisture in the chimney will the salts just keep coming back through the plaster?
I’m not tarring them all with the same brush, if they have worked in the industry they may be independent and not own a company anymore. It’s always worth asking if they have actually done the work and if they put costs in the report (which they should not) how can they know the prices are accurate given they don’t know the size or overheads of company contractors carrying out work.
@@dampsam basically they are tw property services based in South Wales, PCA registered and independent, their spill is we don't seek work so only give reports on What's necessary. But they do work in conjunction with a damp proof company who are advertised as PCA and they're the guys who gave me his details. If you travelled I'd have paid thee feller.
Hi Simon, just a quick question once you have hacked out the mortar/plaster from the bottom of the wall will this then solve the bridging issue or do you have to drill in and apply the damp proof rods?
We would judge that by how wet the wall was, hack off up to 300mm from last detected signs of dampness and possibly drill and inject the first course above the internal floor level.
Very helpful pal, there's green algae at foot of front house I'm not too bothered about, but the gable end wall has high damp reading in places but inside there are no signs at all nor smells. Baffled so got a PCA damp survey being done Saturday. Fingers crossed it's something simple. Thank you for vids they're taking much of my time up lately gadgy.
Mate your fucking hilarious and I follow you religiously, absolutely love your damp vids and have learned loads from ya. However, I must add, down south it's a hawk and trowel and a crate is referred to as a hop up. If you called it a hand board I'd have sacked thee too mush. 😂😂😂😉
@@dampsamit's called dialect pal, me mam is a southerner me dad a Yorkshire man through and through. When me uncle told me to get me coyt I said it ain't windy today like 😂
Thanks for taking the time n energy to watch it , every little helps lad. Ps I know a cheap dentist will sort that grave yard out you got in yer mouth 😂
If you put tanking systems and membranes on solid stone walls you will literally trap moisture in the wall Now on a period property you could have perfectly good wooden lintels that have lasted 100s of years But as soon as you throw on non permeable products on walls (that are naturally beathable/permeable) you will begin the cause dry rot and potentially damage softer masonary. You literally contradict yourself in your videos and in your trade Maybe you hide damp problems on certain buildings but give it a few years and it will be back Cement on solid walls causes cold spots=condensation Tanking is made from cementeous material Plastic Membranes (put it this way if you put a wet sponge in a plastic bag the sponge is still wet maybe you cant see it but whats all that moisture doing within your walls its softening the foundations) I spend half my time removing shite damp proofing systems because it has caused a different type of damp. I worked for a well known damp proofing company and it disnt take long to realise damp proofers just thoughtlessly and temporarily hide symptoms of damp. With all due respect ive seen a few of your videos and some are alright but mostly your just making up explainations to suit your knowledge In a very close minded way
Well we all have something to learn And fyi breathable is a commonly used term in construction in the understanding of something being vapour permeable. Simply type in "define vapour permeable in construction/restoration" or "define breathable in construction" and you will see that both are used together. I kindly ask that you stop being so pedantic about a certain term (when you could simply enlighten people without trying to shame them) in attempt to deflect discussions None of us know everything and there's no shame in that. Someone once told me "if you don't know the answer to a question or a problem just admit it and then go about finding it out" Fool for a minute but not for life
Brill video, I’m a bit confused about the Flux HR plus as it says on website it’s for habitable areas only ? I was going to fit in kitchen and bathroom
Just bought place. Could be same issue, but breasts removed. Had chimneys capped, but paint still peeling and smells like damp. Can I send you a photo, please?
DPC has been breached with high slabs. Also one wall the slabs are almost at air vent/air brick level. Would you recommend moving the air vent higher and using dry rods? Was told that I need to move slabs 2 bricks back from wall and digg one foot trench along outside of house and fill with pebbles Please help you cheeky sod 😆 thanks
I want to thank you Sam. I’ve been a plasterer for 20 years and never been interested in damp stuff, i turn the jobs down, but after watching you for the last couple of months you’ve changed my mind. Booked on my pca course next month so I can start watching those pounds raining down soon. ❤
Very interesting indeed and looks identical to my own house with a salt band along nearly every internal solid wall (solid floors). What is the best way to solve this - drill and inject and then dry line? Thanks
Once the cause of the damp is stopped, how soon after should you apply the wash? Should I wait for the wall to dry out? The wall from the outside is still damp to the touch (We have concrete gutters which had cracked)
Hi sam another great video, don’t know why people are getting pissed off when you tell the truth, all your doing is putting people right , to save the next person who wants to have a crack at doing a small bit of damp work, doing it wrong. How do I get on your coarse. .👍
