Thanks bud :) In this case I cut a physical in. The other ones I tanked beneath the physical damp proof course. There was quite a lot of hygroscopic salt present, and the rising damp went quite high. As you can imagine the walls were very wet because of all the defects, thats why it went to a decent height.
Great vid. I got a situation were the corner of the internal wall is damp and the wood skirting is rotten. How can I deal with this. Its going up the wall about 3 foot by 5 foot from corner to middle of wall. Only that section. Can you advise on a solution please or something I can do to resolve.
Thanks for the kind comment 👍 as in this, and other videos on my channel unfortunately it really isn’t always that simple. Go through the basics as per this video below… if that doesn’t help instruct a surveyor to follow the British standards, as per this video. Hope it helps 👍ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-97yblxM5Ijc.html
Thanks for the content, do you have any information on the gravel strip around around a building and can it be replaced with concrete? If DPC is 150mm above and patio falls away from the build if that ok? Thanks
Great video very useful 👍. What would be your recomended process for diagnosis of damp area to a party wall causing the wallpaper to de-bond in an 1880s mid terrace property . The protimeter is giving high readings and the wall is damp to touch . My thinking is water doesn't appear from nowhere after 140 years of being dry so something must be leaking. The area of the party wall is well away from external walls and no signs of any damp on the neighbours side internally . I've considered getting the services below the suspended timber floor tested i.e. mains water pipe , any drainage , heating pipes and possibly stop-valve under there . Thought this would be the first port of call, don't know if you have any further advice on party walls? Trying to avoid getting the wall "tanked" prior to carrying out all reasonable diagnosis work .
Its probably not condensation related then. If you can pick up the floorboard localised to the area and inspect the sub floor. Is there a physical dpc present?
The "high ground levels" how does cutting a channel around the house stop rain water getting into the foundation? Where does the water go when it's in the channel? It must still seep down?
It helps stop splash over the dpc, and also helps promote evaporation bud. A bit of rain in the channel doesn’t cause an issue, but make sure you don’t have it running off a drive into it 👍
@@completepreservation Thanks yes I don't have any DPC in my walls as it's old 1800s bit no damp. The walls are up against a soil garden and a cellar underneath. Rain does somehow weep very slowly into the very bottom of the cellar wall (only one wall) when heavy rains.
