what do you think of think.

Status
Not open for further replies.
hail hail

hail hail

Private Member
Been at this job day here and day there over the last week or 2 trying to find a leak and fixing a footpath however I noticed this on one wall when on 2nd day i arrived. Behind a built in cupboard I noticed this skimmed wall fcuked.

My first reaction was its cracks all over the wall but on further inspection, its the skim has been washed off the wall by water running down it. This house was built 10 year ago, habited for awhile but then bank took it. Was lying for a few years untill it was bought this Jan and 2 month after client moved in, he noticed very bad rising damp on other side of house.

At the bottom of the fcuked wall, it was midly damp but worse on other side of house.

Does anyone know how long after a wall has been skimmed would water be able to do this damage. It looks to me it wasn't to long after first skimmed however I could be wrong. I'm trying to work out is the damp on other side of house have anything to do with this wall or its a separate issue!



what do you think of think.
what do you think of think.
what do you think of think.
what do you think of think.
 
flynnyman said:
It's not rising damp water has been pissing in somewhere from above
Click to expand...


Lol I worded it wrong above. The rising damp is at other end of the house. I'm wondering is it due to water running down this wall, traveling under screed and settling at them other walls and rising. But since this is all dry, I'm baffled
 
hail hail said:
Lol I worded it wrong above. The rising damp is at other end of the house. I'm wondering is it due to water running down this wall, traveling under screed and settling at them other walls and rising. But since this is all dry, I'm baffled
Click to expand...
Your getting confused with circular atmospheric damp I doubt it's rising damp.
 
flynnyman said:
Your getting confused with circular atmospheric damp I doubt it's rising damp.
Click to expand...



I should have taken pics of the rising damp. Its defo rising. Its right behind the kitchen and its soaking a ft up the wall and with like efflorescence on top. I've done a thermal imaging to try see if there's hot spots, nothing! Then lifted parts of screed to trace pipes, nothing and now I'm wondering if its this!

Another possibility is the front footpath was slopped up to front door like a ramp. Also slopi g into house instead ofvaway! Tge ramp is slightly above dpc! Under doorframe there's no heavy gague sheet dpc under insulation&screed. Another possibility is its came in the front door, under the insulation & screed and found its bottom level on corner of house!
 
flynnyman said:
Right behind the kitchen sink?
Click to expand...


Yep! One would automatically think its a leak of a pipe in kitchen but I've Checked everything and not one leak! There's also rising damp under stairs, at front door and small bit in bedroom and bathroom. They are all in isolated places and not everywhere.

Reason for the thread wasn't for trying for yous to diagnose it, just wanted to see how long would it take for skim to be washed of like that and can it be done after skims been on wall for years or just soon after its be plastered. Looking at it, it would take a fair amount of water to remove skim like that IMO
 
It would of been a badly sealed worktop over the years, the bit under the stairs is lack of ventilation and wet shoes and coats. The bits in the bedroom will be caused by the chimney and a small leak on the roof. The main bit has had a bad leak over a long period running down the walls and left untreated has done what running water will do and give the effect of a small stream which has dried up.
 
flynnyman said:
It would of been a badly sealed worktop over the years, the bit under the stairs is lack of ventilation and wet shoes and coats. The bits in the bedroom will be caused by the chimney and a small leak on the roof. The main bit has had a bad leak over a long period running down the walls and left untreated has done what running water will do and give the effect of a small stream which has dried up.
Click to expand...


Lol your some man flynny lol.
 
f**k me hail hail are you trying to get into guisness world book of records by starting most threads in a day lol..gud joke about @ajplasteringleeds mind!! Thumps up
 
flynnyman said:
Not really I deffo know its not rising damp or circular atmospheric damp :)
Click to expand...


How do you know its not rising damp. There's no heavy gague sheet dpc or radon barrier under the insulation & and screed floor. The footpath was right up to front door level slopping into house.

.No pipes are leaking!

.subfloor/foundation floor could be dampish.

.damp is defo getting in under the door, that's fact! No sheet heavy gagueDPC so it could be traveling under insulation and finding its bottom level in corner of house.

.or its leaked for ages, run down that wall, soaked every wall but only noticing now but rest has dried out.

That's all what it could be left. I'm fixing the footpath. That defo needed doing but will have to rule out the others too.
 
Kitchy said:
f**k me hail hail are you trying to get into guisness world book of records by starting most threads in a day lol..gud joke about @ajplasteringleeds mind!! Thumps up
Click to expand...


;) honestly reminded me of that hallion you had few weeks ago when I first seen it. In a joke kind of way.

Yeah been flat out with the threads today. Fs up from 6this morning to so no more threads for me, me fingers couldn't take it. The tips are as dry as a whores c**t typing this much ffs lol
 
Why don't just save your self a fortune and headache and find someone who knows his stuff?


















Just kidding tho:LOL:
 
hail hail said:
How do you know its not rising damp. There's no heavy gague sheet dpc or radon barrier under the insulation & and screed floor. The footpath was right up to front door level slopping into house.

.No pipes are leaking!

.subfloor/foundation floor could be dampish.

.damp is defo getting in under the door, that's fact! No sheet heavy gagueDPC so it could be traveling under insulation and finding its bottom level in corner of house.

.or its leaked for ages, run down that wall, soaked every wall but only noticing now but rest has dried out.

That's all what it could be left. I'm fixing the footpath. That defo needed doing but will have to rule out the others too.
Click to expand...
The water would run into the ground you can't say there wasn't a leak before? It's usually wet behind the sink areas because of leaks over the years, copper pipes staying cold, leaking taps, leaking waste, badly sealed worktop a and sinks. I would believe that before I would believe the water is coming from a leak in the roof running down the wall underneath the floor then turning back up the wall on the opposite side :)
 
flynnyman said:
The water would run into the ground you can't say there wasn't a leak before? It's usually wet behind the sink areas because of leaks over the years, copper pipes staying cold, leaking taps, leaking waste, badly sealed worktop a and sinks. I would believe that before I would believe the water is coming from a leak in the roof running down the wall underneath the floor then turning back up the wall on the opposite side :)
Click to expand...


Its defo not the sink! I'll report back after I've established what its been.
 
hail hail said:
Its defo not the sink! I'll report back after I've established what its been.
Click to expand...
:) I am chuckling to myself imagining you saying to the customer " what's happening is the water has leaked down that wall underneath this floor and back up that wall" lol
 
flynnyman said:
:) I am chuckling to myself imagining you saying to the customer " what's happening is the water has leaked down that wall underneath this floor and back up that wall" lol
Click to expand...


It's in the same room ya header:boxeador:. It's quite possible with the amount of water came down that wall, under the screed and created rising damp. The water has nowhere to go but up the wall. The screed is wet all around the bottom of the wall in that room and on other side of wall, is the kitchen. You'd have to see it to understand :reloco:
 
hail hail said:
It's in the same room ya header:boxeador:. It's quite possible with the amount of water came down that wall, under the screed and created rising damp. The water has nowhere to go but up the wall. The screed is wet all around the bottom of the wall in that room and on other side of wall, is the kitchen. You'd have to see it to understand :reloco:
Click to expand...
Lol no where to go apart from up to the roof hahahahhahaha love it :) just joking mate
 
Rising damp? Do people still fall for that bullsh1t? :LOL:

Even RICS have stopped trotting that line out.
 
imago said:
I'm guessing it's basic physics, the same as anyone else who isn't either selling damp proofing or misinformed.
Click to expand...


Its a possibility in this case thou. If there's a tear in the block DPC where I think it is then the water that came down this wall could have well rising up the wall.
 
hail hail said:
Its a possibility in this case thou. If there's a tear in the block DPC where I think it is then the water that came down this wall could have well rising up the wall.
Click to expand...

Just Google "rising damp myth" and you'll find a wealth of scientific and anecdotal evidence explaining why water doesn't travel up without being pushed or lifted.

You can also find information on how it gets trapped when it comes down, and what it takes to dry out a wall.
 
imago said:
Just Google "rising damp myth" and you'll find a wealth of scientific and anecdotal evidence explaining why water doesn't travel up without being pushed or lifted.

You can also find information on how it gets trapped when it comes down, and what it takes to dry out a wall.
Click to expand...


TBH, what load of balls that myth is. Thon fella has cams out with that to sell his book. My parents house had rising damp when they bought it years ago up north, got injected and it disappeared. I've seen garages built with no DPC and have seen with my own 2 eyes water rising up the wall. Over the course of a few weeks in winter, the damp just kept going up the wall in a double skin garage. How do you work that out?
 
It's falling damp that's the problem these days. Just ask irish_spread he's the damp poster boy and says it invading houses like Japanese Knotweed

Sent from my D2303 using Tapatalk
 
hail hail said:
TBH, what load of balls that myth is. Thon fella has cams out with that to sell his book. My parents house had rising damp when they bought it years ago up north, got injected and it disappeared. I've seen garages built with no DPC and have seen with my own 2 eyes water rising up the wall. Over the course of a few weeks in winter, the damp just kept going up the wall in a double skin garage. How do you work that out?
Click to expand...

It's not just one bloke saying rising damp is a load of bollox. https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk...th-says-former-rics-chief/5204095.fullarticle

It's not difficult to work out. It gets in but can't get out so builds up from the bottom. So you didn't see water rising up the wall with your own two eyes.

Anyway you crack on, you've obviously got it sussed. (y)
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Share this page

Back
Top