Is This Damp Proofer a Pro or a SCAM? - Damp Sam Reacts 

Just came across this channel and it's brilliant! I'll definitely be watching the back catalogue. I never realised how many so called professionals are getting it wrong and Damp Sam calls them out with humour and respectfully. It's a fascinating subject and it's great that people like Sam are passing on their experience and educating all of us so that we can avoid getting ripped off because as you can see there are so many people that just don't know what they're doing when it comes to solving damp problems. Love this channel, thank Sam the You Tube community needs more people like you. 👍

Glad I found your channel. I am a DIYer and it is so useful to get experienced advise especially when there is SO many youtubers giving tutorials.

Oh my goodness. Thank god for this guy! We need more genuine people like him calling out the fraudsters and cowboys . There’s so many types of damp it has to be ascertained first to establish the right course of action. Could be as simple as ventilation or as complex as stuctural tanking or subsidence. Even the allegedly “qualified” give different causes and reasons. Unless you establish the cause and treat that correctly, it will just come back.

what you were saying about lifting the gripper rods, I'd want to be doing that and the floor board to look at the joists.

Hi Sam, I have a non load bearing internal wall with rising damp, the wall is not brick but it’s orange cast blocks, can I use the rods rather than the liquid injection that is being used in this video. Thank you for your videos and opinions, much appreciated

That’s Mark Hep in your video he is a decent bricklayer

I think lime plaster inside would be better than plaster board and the outside looks a bit high with flag stones

Funnily enough I watched this video of Mark earlier today without knowing the existence of this channel and I pretty much drew the same conclusions.He did a sound job but it looked to me like the level had been raised too high on the path outside. Could have done with a channel cutting and filling with gravel for a clear, well drained, breakline.

it looks like the plaster down to the floorboards Eva condensation or a bridging issue

what about the stuff is left on below skirt in Lines

I can’t find the Facebook group why’s my property damp. Is that what it’s called Sam? Cheers

Any one else notice he sealed the airel behind the plasterboard

look how hi the slabs are to the damp course you should be able to see the old slate damp course the slabs are outside

Hi Simon, great video, is bitumen okay on the external side?

not meant to wallpaper fresh plaster for six weeks

Check for cavity insulation surely? Porus brick external

an old boy told me to use external holidays if that is waterproof to stick the boards on with and never cover the holes I shall cause a breach and if you screwing and plugging the scar ins back on make sure you drill above the holes

also surely sand cement would of been better then plasterboard which would absorb any moisture already in wall

Lots of negative comments about his diagnosis and how he’s repaired it etc. what tradesmen/ women seem to forget is that most of us have to take your word for what you tell us is wrong and we wouldn’t have a bloody clue if you were repairing it right or wrong in the first place. I thought he did a good job. In time, I guess you would see how effective the job has been. There are loads of sh*t so called experts out there doing building work, as there are so called car mechanics. On a positive note it was good to listen to your views on what he was doing,and maybe how it could have been done better. One big factor is what people are charged to do the job, there are a lot of people in desperate situations trying to get the best they can for the little money they have.

So mark did a good job you cant say for sure if his diagnosis was wrong he fits plaster board the wrong way cos its not your way if we all left it to the pros pay through the nose while the little guy gets job seekers

would you of put a vertical barrier in where the new work meets the old work

could be where the dogs being rubbing its ass up the wall i surely he's going to rip the skirt off to see whether there's a breach each issue or bridging

Would it not b a better job to use moisture resistant boards on. ?

the dry zone will not guarantee if you don't use there stuff

That brickwork is dry as a bone. The only problem with this was condensation.. yet again fraudulent rising damp diagnosis.

Damp Sam. Why in your opinion do people say Rising Damp isn't real? It seems to be a really big question in damp proofing.

So basically you've just ripped that lad for nowt.

bring back Roger 😅😂😢😅😅😂🎉

No one's work is good enough for damp Sam.

Do a reaction video on that “Peter Ward” cowboy! Bisby has been slammed enough?

That is Mark Hep, a well respected and talented bricklayer / builder. Certainly NOT A COWBOY!! PRAT!

Nice vid fella keep um coming👌

good video again sam !

Damp Sam from tarn 👍🏻

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i fact you drill every 100 mill

Bore off 👍🏻