Damp help

[mikeadams1985]

Evening all, so after reskimming the room, and leaving to dry then applying a couple of miss coats of paint i have noticed damp in the wall. So can anyone advise?

The house is built in 1880 it is a Victorian property.
The walls in question(there 2) one is internal seems to possibly be on both sides and one again internal where it joins next door. (semi detached)
Spoken with next door and they have no damp on there side.
The walls in question where stripped of all wallpaper and pva'd then skimmed.

ground floor is all concrete floor.

any help appreciated as im battling this house and want to get it finished asap!

here are some photos

 

[johniosaif]

Looks quite bad, no real gap between floor and wall, try heaters or dehumidifier, did you just skim? What was there before the new skim?

 

[flynnyman]

Was I dry before you painted it?

 

[keithuk]

@Arti

 

[johniosaif]

Is this really your work ?

 

[johniosaif]

@Arti

@DavetheDog

 

[ds1990]

Looks like plaster wasn't fully dry before it was painted.

 

[mikeadams1985]

The plaster was dry, the bottom looked a little different shaded but dry.

it was paper on paint on plaster before

so i went back to paint pva and skim.

Ive had that fire on full wack! no joy!
I get the feeling it is rising thru the floor.

 

[Olican]

@Arti

@TheWand

 

[keithuk]

How long did you leave it ,before painting ?

 

[keithuk]

@TheWand

:RpS_lol: don,t you start mate :rolleyes)

 

[johniosaif]

It still looks damp. When does someone clean up?

 

[mikeadams1985]

im not a plasterer don't forget

 

[johniosaif]

im not a plasterer don't forget

Or a cleaner ha ha. Why is the floor damp, where the skirtings,

 

[flynnyman]

im not a plasterer don't forget

Don't worry your In Good company Any pics before you painted it? Have you put the fire on since you painted it or has it always been on?

 

[flynnyman]

Is that a hatch in the floor? Maybe a well or manhole?

 

[flynnyman]

The plaster was dry, the bottom looked a little different shaded but dry.

it was paper on paint on plaster before

so i went back to paint pva and skim.

Ive had that fire on full wack! no joy!
I get the feeling it is rising thru the floor.

Was the paint vinyl? Back a bit off the bottom and see what the backing coat is?

 

[keithuk]

As John said ,should not touch the floor ,as the render will pull up damp from it

 

[khew3955]

I've had a similar problem before.has this house been left empty for a long time befoe you done the work"

 

[SpankySouthport]

I would have tanked the fcker!! There will be no cavity just 9" thick walls, I've just injected these before and not hand any come backs but I'm still not convinced so decided I'm tanking all walls without a cavity these days..

Could use a DPM system that maybe more cost effective than tanking..

 

[SpankySouthport]

Has it bridged the DPC? As said you should only go down as far as the injections other wise you will have bridged it

 

[johniosaif]

I would have tanked the fcker!! There will be no cavity just 9" thick walls, I've just injected these before and not hand any come backs but I'm still not convinced so decided I'm tanking all walls without a cavity these days..

Could use a DPM system that maybe more cost effective than tanking..

K11 or ka or sika ?

 

[keithuk]

@DavetheDog

I expect better from you as well mate :rolleyes):RpS_wink:

 

[SpankySouthport]

K11 or ka or sika ?

If I was paying then Ka

If customer was then k11 I would get a spec from Soverign with a 30yr guarantee

 

[keithuk]

Is that a hatch in the floor? Maybe a well or manhole?

You got a set of eyes mate :RpS_thumbup: damp is in that area :RpS_thumbup:

 

[johniosaif]

If I was paying then Ka

If customer was then k11 I would get a spec from Soverign with a 30yr guarantee

Do you mix sbr in the k11"
1 or 2 coats, what's your over coat, ?

 

[mikeadams1985]

House was empty for 2 years. The fire went on after the plaster had been on for about 10 days.

 

[mikeadams1985]

Left it about 2 weeks. Maybe more.

 

[johniosaif]

You got a set of eyes mate :RpS_thumbup: damp is in that area :RpS_thumbup:

Love the brick propping the fire...plastered painted but not yet swept, I'd cry if it was my house..

 

[Nisus]

@irish_spread

 

[flynnyman]

House was empty for 2 years. The fire went on after the plaster had been on for about 10 days.

Plaster still looks wet at the bottom on the bits showing, putting the fire on might be pushing the water out that was in the chimney

 

[flynnyman]

What's in the hatch?

 

[keithuk]

They look like thermalites to me ,sorry if i spell it wrong ,which takes all the rising damp out of the game ,well if they have a plastic dpc

 

[mikeadams1985]

What hatch?

 

[keithuk]

@irish_spread

No such thing as rising damp :rolleyes)