flynnyman said:
tony what was the problem in the first place?
Usual thing. Mortgage company sends round a
surveyor who says house is damp.They say yes you can have the mortgage but put in a dampcourse. It's an old granite house with 2'6" thick walls. Real problem is that the house is sealed up with Everest double glazing and the windows are never opened as the house was empty for a couple of years prior to us buying it. I'm not saying there was never any damp there, but not to the extent the surveyor reckoned. We've since put in traditional sliding sash windows with trickle vents and done a lot of replastering with waterproofers etc, and house is good. Enquired about going down the lime plastering route but cost and time was prohibitive.