Recent content by Gill Beechey

Tis to go onto existing painted render not bricks.

We are doing up a 1870s house in Deal, Kent and we have issues with damp getting through the external solid walls. The walls have historically been rendered and painted (last painted about three years ago) but are obviously letting water through. There are no obvious cracks in the render. We...

Not very damp on inside - quite damp bricks where we have exposed them

I keep reading different things online - some say you must get back to bare brick and others not. I can't see why a wall is different from a concrete floor !!!

Not sure - different walls seem to have had different treatments. We think some of it has been tanked but holes have been made in it by the home owner putting up furniture etc.

Is there a better (cost effective) option than tanking slurry like Epoxy Primer (all surface DPM) or something else. We also have a concrete floor to seal. Thanks

We are tanking a basement and trying to get back to bare brick but whatever has been put on the walls before is rock hard. Can we remove any loose material and then apply tanking slurry (probably SIKA) over the solid walls... or do we HAVE to get back to bare brick everywhere ? Thanks