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Chris W said:
yeh on areas where theres no damp youll be fine.. just have to give the walls a real good brush down with a stiff brush first then a good soak with some weak pva to give your dabbing a chance..
just look out for the loose bits mate.. old walls can be a mare to dab over..
all in the prep..
i wouldnt bother dabbing mr board meself..if theyre not going to be wet areas e.g. bathrooms, ensuites,kitchens etc.. then you wont need em..
if theres a damp problem you should really solve the problem first, mr boards wont really help you..
dabbing over a damp wall will give you a headache in a matter of days mate.. in fact youll prolly find the plaster when finished wont dry over the damp areas..
just bear in mind that all it takes is a week of heavy rain and problems like that grow into big problems..
not having actually seen the ground level over dpc at the back of the house i cant really advise properly, theres all sorts of things to consider when addressing damp mate.. levels, dpc failure, bridging, ventilation..
to nip back to otions 1 and 2 though.. a scratch coat of render will do two things...
1) it'll make your walls easy to dab onto... and
2) more rendering practice...
all good..
dont expect render to cure damp problems though.. the waterproofer just tries to stop any water left in the wall from manifesting itself internally.. any continued passage of water (e.g. raised levels) will cause it to fail eventually..
also a good idea if 2 coat rendering over an EX damp wall to make sure your waterproofers got salt repellant/neutraliser in it..
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spot on

oasis if you dont listen to this advise ie sort out the source of the damp first your gonna be held responsible for a damp wall for a very long time.
 
as oasis is doing internal work as instructed by the bloke who owns the house isnt he in the clear?
 
yes, but he ought to point out the probs that not fixing the damp will cause in the long run.
 
like i said the wall wernt that damp. we said we will theroseal and s&C i can tell him about the land close to the back running high.but to be fair for all i no it colud be ok.. just a lil damp from over years and years and years of the house being at the bottom of the hill.dnt fink any land is in contact with the walls..
 
Pug said:
yes, but he ought to point out the probs that not fixing the damp will cause in the long run.
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where does pointing things out come in?....wheres the surveyor?........if you get asked to do a job you do it ......the alternative is we all go to university and study a 5 year course on the building industry
 
if the damp comes back who will he ring first thats if he doesnt collar you before youve finished fair enough do the job but explain that the damp will come back.
 
if the blokes pointed out the walls damp and asked oasis to fix the problem then it then becomes oasis problem..
oasis then has the option of fixing the problem or passing the buck back to the customer to fix as oasis is a plasterer not a damp proofer..
problem is, the general public think that re-plastering will solve damp problems, and unfortunately, so do a lot of plasterers...
origionally we were under the impression from oasis posts that the damp course was bridges by high ground levels but now this appears not to be the case so the damp must be caused by something else.. possibly a failed dpc, tanking it may well do a good enough job but it needs pointing out that it carried no guarantees and no doubt oasis cant offer any insurance backed guarantees anyway like the damp proof companies should..

little bit of off topic trivia...
in the glazing industry, apparently if your aware of a problem with safety glass.. e.g. within 800mm of floor level, in or around a door or a glass roof then your legally bound to raise the issue with the customer... and that doesnt just apply to something you install, it applies to anything you come across even if your installing in another part of the building..
cant see how theyd enforce it though?
 
yea for new installations...
your supposed to report anything untoward that isnt getting changed though.. only to the customer, and its the customer thats responsible for ensuring installations meet current regs if its on a building notice..
fensa registered is different but that was just a money making scheme invented by pilkington who just happen to run the glass and glazing federation..
fensa are supposed to inspect 1% of your installations every year as a registered installer but ive never heard of anyone ever get inspected.. plus people wait months and months for a certificate (if it arrives at all)..
i used to do all mine on a building notice, and charge the customer for it (79 quid per installation) that way every job got inspected and the customer was in receipt of a building completion certificate within 3 days..
 
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