When investigating potential rising damp always keep an open mind, as more often than not by following the trail you will reach the correct diagnosis. 🤝
Pretty much what we are finding in the house that we are restoring. We are 100% DIY'ers, but are learning as we go along. I believe that one wall in our house does have rising damp, but all the others were due to faults and poor workmanship. We have found broken gutters, drains broken undergorund (patched with parcel tape!), high ground levels, poor pointing, concrete up to house brickwork, internal plaster right down to concrete floor, and anything else I have forgotten.
@Stan_55UK the other thing is if you do get rising damp, what damage is it actually creating? Nothing on the potential scale of damage from penetrative damp or condensation. If just peeling paint then go for a permeable paint or if skirting affected then remove the skirting!
Thanks for this Neil. What would you recommend as a good sealant for this?
95% of the time that someone says it's rising damp you find that there is another reason for the damp.
Pretty much what we are finding in the house that we are restoring. We are 100% DIY'ers, but are learning as we go along. I believe that one wall in our house does have rising damp, but all the others were due to faults and poor workmanship. We have found broken gutters, drains broken undergorund (patched with parcel tape!), high ground levels, poor pointing, concrete up to house brickwork, internal plaster right down to concrete floor, and anything else I have forgotten.
@Stan_55UK the other thing is if you do get rising damp, what damage is it actually creating? Nothing on the potential scale of damage from penetrative damp or condensation. If just peeling paint then go for a permeable paint or if skirting affected then remove the skirting!