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Hi Irfan. The problem you describe is one that probably relates to plumbing rather than plastering. Luckily there are experts available to help you on diyplumbingadvice.com/

Welcome. Tip one, go to bed earlier

Yes luv. But why treat penetrating damp as if it is rising, why not stop the source of the moisture and let it dry out? And why bother putting your comments in a rising damp dampness thread>

The insulation will get wet

Internal walls?

Two new houses have been built near mine a Weber product was used and a machine for mixing etc., a school has been built within 30 metres of our garden , four blocks of aged persons dwellings built behind. Non have bell cast or visible dpc's all are rendered down to the ground. They are in a...

The start of the thread was about the damage to the walling by use of a physical dpc. Where certainty is required a physical dpc provides this whereas a chemical one does not - even when carefully installed. I agree with you about cost. In respect of solid walls one of the few things which is...

In addition the first floor is underground completely on one elevation and partially on the other three elevations. We have rain as well

Looks good bigdoozer .. whereabouts in France?

Every house is different. A large proportion of what is said to be rising dampness is caused by other problems. Salesmen posing as fair inspectors see a building defect and diagnose a problem which requires a damp proof course which by chance their company installs. Diagnosing rising dampness...

Graham Coleman run a test over several years showing rising dampness in brickwork. One reason to pursue this issue is for the apprentices who look at this site. I can see them going to building college and telling the lecturer that rising damp doesn't exist cos they has read the same on the...

Where I live they don't use stop bead and the finished render runs down to the ground. The house I live in, 1974 construction has no dpc, no stop bead and no signs of rising dampness.

If it’s well-executed by a decent brickie it might be visually acceptable but the structural integrity is weakened. But short of an earthquake where the vibration might move the house along the slip-plane created by the plastic dpc of I can’t think of a practical structural reason to argue...

Pretty good response for this time of night but a little slow in thinking it up

To save money. Does any of yoru neighbours have the problem? have you asked buildimng control whether the problem exists elsewhere in the localit/ Where abouts in the country .. like nearest vown are you?

Lets start with Flynnyman. There is no scientific basis for claiming that rising dampness does not exist. There are those who say it is a rare wevent but that is something different. In any event I thought this topic had been flogged to death. There is p[lenty of, or was rising damp in...

I live in northern France and the house has been full of Londoners all evening so I haven't had time to look at this thread. But thank you for thinking of me. I'm here now and perfectly capable of typing fast and providing an immediate response ... try it.

The foregoing posts demonstrate this forum at its best - a good discussion of a problem. To confirm what you are writing. At the rear of the house looking at it, the distance from the extension to the gable wall is ½ inch at the base of the extension and 3 inch at its top. Assuming this...

Why does the ceiling need to breathe? Why does any background which is dry need to breathe? The need to breathe as I understand is to allow moisture to escape.

Good news goes down like a lead balloon on this web site

Sounds as though you live in a hot climate, diagnosis is everything- get a plumber.

Pink money describes the purchasing power of the G** community, often especially with respect topolitical donations. With the rise of the G** rights movement, pink money has gone from being a fringe or marginalized market to a thriving industry in many parts of the Western world such as the...

Might paying for a course of instruction from the manufacturer/supplier be the first step for you?

1. The floor wall junction is there any opportunity for moisture to migrate through the base of the living room wall? 2. How do you know that it is not condensation forming on the lowest parts of the wall? If it is it might be worthwhile improving the thermal efficiency by using some form of...

Yeah I know. It sort of spoils the banter though; to have to tell you this.

Here |I am trying to bring art and literature to you blokes and what appreciation do I get

A few years ago a pal had his new Marshalltown handle eaten away by his dog. I wrote a few lines which were put up in the local builders merchant. When the Marshalltown rep saw this work of crap poetry he exchanged a photocopy of it for a new trowel. Maybe if you threaten with displaying the...

There was an interesting piece on tv the other evening. An immigration/customs dog smelled money on a man dressed in the manner of those who live in hot climates. He was leaving the UK to holiday in Abu Dhabi. You are allowed to leave with £1000 cash from what I could understand, more than...

The best change of career will provide you with work . Entering the plastering trade at the moment is similar to joining the acting profession: there is not enough work for all the players. Actors take up the role because they love the profession and get disillusioned later. This could...

They might but you can claim you were innocent of knowledge of the defect. If you alter a fireplace opening and they die its you facing prosecution because you undertook work without the necessary safeguards.

TO ROWLAND GATWARD Venting to flues 1. if the flues in the chimney breast are redundant and there is no neighbour with a chimney breast sharing the same structure, you may insert an air vent wherever a fireplace opening is being bricked up. This applies to all rooms irrespective of their...

I'm happy to chat about this but iuts off topic. How do we communicate without boring others?

Reply Thanks. Concerning 1. That's the argument nowadays ie passive ventilation it may have held before but I don't recall heard it. 2 I can see that this would help keep the stack dryer but decent flashings and soakers are good for 100 years. The reasonm I understood the need for the...

I left school at 14 just short of 15. I did a six year craft apprenticeship. Went to night school and day release and won a scholership to unversity when I was 20. Four year sandwich course. At 24 took on my first job as main contractor having bought an old house in my spare time. Was a...

Flynnyman where have you been? It is a widely understood and experienced event as below taken from National Association of Chimney Engineers web site. And note this does not preclude leaks at the ground floor level. Look at the number 1 C. REASONS FOR LINING There are a number of reasons...

Flynnyman where have you been? It is a widely understood and experienced event as below taken from National Association of Chimney Engineers web site. And note this does not preclude leaks at the ground floor level. Look at the number 1 C. REASONS FOR LINING There are a number of reasons...

i have lived outside the Uk for 6 years and spent the previous 58 in West Yorks

It refers to where I presently reside but also from where I come from. I have passed the debate to some flue experts, well gas fitters to see if there is a code of practice for vents in redundant flues.

It was visible and enough to make you cough.

I take the point. When you burn wood as we were in the particular instance you are deviating from the normal fuel used in the house. The resulting smoke is more easily seen and smelt. Think of it rather like a canary down a coal mine it is the sensitivity of the detecting device that warns you...

Originally Posted by bodplasterer The flues should be separate surely? My thoughts exactly, If they do join in the loft area then the hot gasses will only rise aided by the bedroom vent. Vent or no vent, unless the chimney is almost totally blocked, gases will escape properly. FWIW I...

Batley ! me from Cleck

Right:RpS_thumbsup:

Whilst I still think you are lovely you suffer from the delusion that by asking a question you deserve an answer. :RpS_thumbsup:

I don't find anything offensive in what you write. I am in France and there are loads of English tradesmen here. I'd say that French and German (part of eu) tradesmen have very high standards.

Try France. French want 275 euros a day. Matls provided by client. My neighbour is a roofer I asked him to about roofing work he said he is busy till November. All the French tradesmen seem overloaded with work. English over herewould probably put you up and feed you as well.

[I'm looking at a victorian one right now. It's right in front of me in my sitting room. I can post a picture if you like. It's a 13" wall between me and my neighbours house. Forgetting about vents, you're saying, say back in the 60's when my neighbour lit his fire it would have released co into...