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Jun 5, 2021 · Rising Damp: Freeholder or Leaseholder? Sumeya81 Posts: 14 Forumite. 5 June 2021 at 1:21AM. I own the leasehold of a ground floor flat in a Victorian period conversion property comprising of 3 flats in total. I have a rising damp issue and unsure if the cost will sit with me or the freeholder. Can anyone help please?
All the cellar rooms are ventilated through air grills from outside - in fact a huge amount of air goes through. The cellar ceiling was covered in the original lath and plaster which had various holes in where radiators had been plumbed in and new electrical wiring ran through. As the draught was coming straight up through the floorboards ...
Jun 10, 2010 · Damp can rise in masonry walls. Whether a particular property has "rising damp" is a matter of investigation of the specific evidence. Investigation will determine the most likely source of any damp over any other possiblity, and then the correct solution for the problem is devised. Many damp issues are mis-diagnosed leading to the wrong remedial work being done, and then to complaints that ...
Dec 8, 2013 · I'm about to purchase a house which was owned by a deceased relative. It's a terraced house. One of the walls has what appears to be 'rising damp appearing from the bottom. I believe that what the do in such cases is inject a kind of damp proof course into the wall. How far down below ground level is this done? A builder did look at it before and he gave me a price for various things which ...
Jun 8, 2022 · Rising damp? jeaniemsm Posts: 63 Forumite 8 June 2022 at 4:57PM Hi guys, In my current home we painted the kitchen walls when we moved in last year, the walls did have some "damp" old stains. We have just now noticed paint on the internal walls just by the garden doors to be flaking off and turning slightly yellow. See pics attached This is a pic of the outside; The paint flaking is about 7 ...
Aug 23, 2011 · I have diagnosed damp because of the following symptoms: External rendering has fallen off. Underneath and around windows on the INSIDE of the House the plaster has fallen off and is also, damp with Black Mould spots. Further along the wall, the Plaster inside the House is very crumbly. I had already resigned myself that a few rooms would need ...
Nov 21, 2020 · Can anyone advise if a guarantee against rising damp in my house is a good investment? I have found a provider charging £350.00 + VAT for a ten year Policy.
Oct 14, 2011 · Survey revealed house has damp problem. Previous damp treatment hadn't quite worked. We are thinking of getting damp treatment done on the house if problem isn't too bad/expensive to fix. Just thinking down the line after a couple of years, if we decide to sell the house and potential buyer also find damp problem in their house survey. Question ...
Mar 22, 2010 · There such a thing as rising damp - stick a brick in a saucer of water for 30 mins and see what happens! A damp meter can be used to assist in the diagnosis of rising damp, ie to identify a pattern, but it should never be used as the be all and end all of the situation.
Mar 12, 2018 · Ain't no such thing as "rising damp". Damp has utterly predictable common-sense causes, and every house built since Victoria was on the throne has a DPC. Usual cause is ground levels breaching the DPC, or damaged gutters/downpipes. Damp-proofing sales people will tell you anything. Posts: 69 Forumite. 12 March 2018 at 11:37AM.
