damp treatment process?

Pagey said:
Basically put a French drain in on a massive scale is all I'm getting from that lol
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Who said anything about French drain? f**k that! Cheap as chips and still can redirect the water:D
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Orangemachineman said:
You have a big opinion on a lot of subjects on here.
Let's see what your about and show us some jobs you have done?


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Absolutely and that's because it's a public forum where we can all voice opinion, how boring would it be if everyone agreed, if something doesn't sound or look right I'll question it. The likes of you and the Irish fella who are let's say very vanilla/boring can block me or quite frankly just jog on.

If I post pictures up I would have the copy and paste police aka @flynnyman all over with me with all sorts of false allegations
 
gps said:
Absolutely and that's because it's a public forum where we can all voice opinion, how boring would it be if everyone agreed, if something doesn't sound or look right I'll question it. The likes of you and the Irish fella who are let's say very vanilla/boring can block me or quite frankly just jog on.

If I post pictures up I would have the copy and paste police aka @flynnyman all over with me with all sorts of false allegations
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I doubt I'm boring!!
I wouldn't block you either
Didn't think you would want to put pictures on.that old chestnut catches the chancers out everytime.


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gps said:
Absolutely and that's because it's a public forum where we can all voice opinion, how boring would it be if everyone agreed, if something doesn't sound or look right I'll question it. The likes of you and the Irish fella who are let's say very vanilla/boring can block me or quite frankly just jog on.

If I post pictures up I would have the copy and paste police aka @flynnyman all over with me with all sorts of false allegations
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Unless it's took with today's paper and a cat in the background I will call it fake :)
 
Hi everyone...

Seemed my original post got a bit silly in the end...!

Anyway... I finished the job a few weeks ago..

I tanked everything then applied thistle dri coat to half of the walls and moisture resistant plaster boards to the rest... then skimmed over...

The walls seem to be fine... however, I have damp coming through on a certain part of the floor... see pics..

The tanking slurry i used was ( febtank super ) after this, I then used a mix of sbr and concrete on the part where its wet

There is still a problem with water coming through and it seems quite bad

Im guessing that the outside there is a mains water pipe running along the side of the building but it would be quite deep (could the problem be this?)

Anyone got any good suggestions on what I can do????

Thanks

legepe
 

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vfr12 said:
Ok . I'll try my best :)
I haven't commented cos I don't see a problem . Most people are taking the instructions and applications strait out f the book, but what they don't know is rising damp don't exist. Well, of course any company making money from it will deny it and rightly so. You can't stop water no matter how you tank it or block it. Do to its molecular structure water travels and always finds its way. The quickest way is when in contact with diferent type of surfaces, which always have diferent temperature, which transforms the water into hard , liquid or steam . I will not go down the road explaining what the other stages of water transformations are, it will take a wile :D.
So, since I don't blive in " rising damp" , whatever this is, I will start from my point where I have said - water travels and you can't stop it, just liked to make my self clear n case you lost me with all water stages etc:D
In this case we have condensation build at the bottom of he walls , which might be caused by underground water , or cold spots.
Underground water can be reduced significantly with a French drain around the house and sorting out the gutter and pipes.Something like this can do the job

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Of course the property has to be assessed my someone who know Mother Nature, not the local supplier of tanking and rising damp malarkey.
Moving forward, once the underground water is sorted, we move inside.
The biggest problem in modern houses and households is condensation. Condensation is when hot air meets cold spot and the water molecules in the air become bigger and bigger , this is when you see wet spots. Very visual on non porous surfaces like glass and steel. " Breathable" renders are very helpful n this case instead tanking the wall, which makes the problem even worse- soggy wall and water will move to another spot more warm and dry until it finds lower temperature spot and become damp. In this case will happen exactly this if the op tank the walls. Water will find its way, if is not on the other side of the wall then on the next one and instead fighting the water travel he better redirect the flow .
Another misconception is when modern building gets mixed with traditional buildings, but that's another story :D. I will state only that the one is build to stop water from coming in and the other to let it out and be able to deal with it.Simples and there is no way to explain your lifetime experience and knowledge with not agreeing to the mass misconception f rising damp, hence avoiding any structural comment , unless I see a challenge, like now:D
Hope this help the op to do the best in his case- NOT TO f**k**g TANK THE WALLS
and use @Bauwer products
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I have a condensation issue on one wall. I'm going to take plaster off to half way up. Then what is best to go back on as mentioned on other posts got no rising damp and bricks are dry.
 
The main thing is to have a periodical inspection of your property. In order to prevent dampness and potential moisture problems, you must hire professionals who can carefully inspect your property and find out moisture issues.
There should be a good ventilation system in your home. Moreover, if your home is having a chimney, get a chimney cap installation services because the rain and snow enter in home through unsealed chimneys and create moisture issues.
 
Jessica222 said:
The main thing is to have a periodical inspection of your property. In order to prevent dampness and potential moisture problems, you must hire professionals who can carefully inspect your property and find out moisture issues.
There should be a good ventilation system in your home. Moreover, if your home is having a chimney, get a chimney cap installation services because the rain and snow enter in home through unsealed chimneys and create moisture issues.
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All homes have good ventilation systems, they are called windows however some mainly tenants choose not to use them
 
Jessica222 said:
The main thing is to have a periodical inspection of your property. In order to prevent dampness and potential moisture problems, you must hire professionals who can carefully inspect your property and find out moisture issues.
There should be a good ventilation system in your home. Moreover, if your home is having a chimney, get a chimney cap installation services because the rain and snow enter in home through unsealed chimneys and create moisture issues.
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We had damp issues and it was because the property was sooo cold and the heating sooo inefficient that opening a window seemed silly.... (it was rented property)

Oddly when we bought the place and improve the heating no more damp :D
 
I think you'll find gandhis 'footwear' was badly affected by rising damp during the monsoon season , so you're all wrong
 
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