Recent content by Steveyj

Thanks for everyones replies!!!!! Next door now have it fully tiled so not showering in bin bags but have just tiled all over the damp. Think I will ring the council next Monday and get them to deal with it now, didnt know they could help to be honest but will speak to environment dept. But can...

Yep - exactly!!! Bath was in corner - now shower (and the top of it is 24" from floor (original bath height level) all waste pipes and supply pipes run along wall to where roughly where my socket in wall is then it runs into soil stack. Sorry for above post - didn't quote with reply

Yep - exactly!!! Bath was in corner - now shower (and the top of it is 24" from floor (original bath height level) all waste pipes and supply pipes run along wall to where roughly where my socket in wall is then it runs into soil stack.

Surveyor came round and says he thinks its water as not sign to damage on floor so cant see DP failure. I want the damp to go and dont really want to resort to covering up just yet. Would the skim coat and the coating make the damp on the wall increase in which case should I look at cutting it...

Thanks Keith - was thinking this but to be honest when it was originally stripped you couldn't really see a dampness to the wall - no excessive render fell off at all?? It has only showed big time since the skim went on?? Would what your suggesting cover up if there was something still...

Well when I first noticed the problem and went next door (he's a plumber!!) and had rigged up a shower off the taps above the bath and where not tiled had stuck black bin bags to the wall to protect it!!!!!! After some arguing they said the will put a shower in and refit a suite but apparently...

Thought I'd add some pics; This is about 2 weeks after it was skimmed - we didn't paint over the un-dried plaster - missus was just fed up of looking at a pink wall and wanted some colour on - Impatient!!! This is 4 weeks ago - and its got worse since:

Cheers Spunky - I'm close to getting someone round as I'm proper narked now!!!! but I don't know whos fault it is??? Could it be the cementone, and damp cant escape, and if so would it spread and make dry bits wetter??? If it is I'll cut it all out again deeper and rebond and skim, but don't...

Hi All. I really need some help, sorry to make this my first post as been lurking in the background reading other posts before but now really struggling and need so help. My house had a patch in a wall which had all the paint bubbling off, I picked at it and the whole wall started flaking paint...