How do you stop rising damp in a wall?

Answer 1

I had some a few years ago that people told me would require a damp course to sort which can be expensive. Anyway, I managed to cure it myself simply by going outside and making sure that the soil in the border was not covering the airholes in the brick. Cleaning the mold off the walls with soap, water and a damp cloth and putting a little covector heater on warm (as opposed to hot and drying plaster too quick) a few feet away from it. It worked and even when I sold the house and another survey was done, it was never picked up. Clearly you may need to call in a professional but I would look hard at how high/wide the damp has risen up the wall and assess before spending lots of money hiring tools Etc. If there is wallpaper on the walls then you may have to remove some of it to have a thorough assessment. Good luck.

Answer 2

first make sure it is rising damp...go outside and stand looking at the area ...there should be TWO bricks below your damp coarse clear of the ground .. if not lower your ground level until it is ...next ..look up are there any gutters up there ..are they leaking ? ..go outside when it is raining and check ..if all is ok ..inside take off skirting board ..does the plaster go all the way to the floor ?...it should not ..it should be at least two inches from the floor...if all that is clear ..then you probably have rising damp ...you need to remove the plaster up to about 3feet ..higher if the damp is bad..you normally At this stage get the wall injected with a liquid..which is similar to wd40 ..then re plaster using a plaster called LIME LIGHT ..this in my opinion is the only one that works ...but you need to be a good spread to apply it . leave plaster short of floor ..fix new skirting board after painting both sides ..if you try to take short cuts on this job ..you will regret it

Answer 3

Boy Boy has most of the answer. First check there is no obvious cause of the damp. In an extreme case, you may have to strip off the internal plaster, attach a water barrier to the wall, like newtonite lath, then replaster and redecorate. It ain't pretty and it ain't cheap.

Answer 4

Make sure that soil is not banked against the house, this is a frequent cause of rising damp..Check that your guttering is OK and water is going down the downpipes, Go out with an umbrella when raining to make sure. Finally if none of these, get silicone injection

Answer 5

I have this problem and have had five experts round to the house this week. There are two real solutions, depending on how much money you have available:

(1) a damp proof course, and replastering
(2) just replastering with a waterproof plaster

Good luck! I'm going for option (1) and it's going to cost about £800.

Answer 6

rising damp is a myth you can have damp but the problem will be above the damp area water can not disobay the laws of gravity injection damp proffing is you best option its quit easy and you can hire the tools from a good hire shop

Answer 7

locate the area from where the water leakage is .if not possible ,sandpaper the wall, apply water proof putty&then a waterproof paint. sometimes the concealed pipes crack &there is leakage.if not, it's becos of rainyweather. stagnating water in the tress of the building should b let out in rainy season.this is a problem in most flat buildings

Answer 8

get a damp expert in to sort it out. wall needs stripping down, treating with some disgusting smelly rubbery stuff and then replastering and redecorating....

Answer 9

if its concrete theres a sealer to put on it ut you would have to give more detail what kind of wall new old and what material ecause first you have to find out the cause

Answer 10

use pva glue re; plaster the wall then sell your house