Rising damp hmmmmmm here we go again
ok this is why I am not a millionaire but I'm considering spreading the myth and jumping on the bandwagon
every job I look at I usually leave without the job I tell them to change certain lifestyle habits. Like I've said in the past you don't go on holiday and your house catches rising damp, something has changed. It could be as simple as a wet coat, wet dog, wet shoes, a sink full of water, a toilet seat left up ( don't mention this to the missus it gives them extra power)
, not emptying the bath, drying clothes on the rad, new windows and doors, new central heating, even a rewire with the wrong plaster, decorating with the wrong paint, blocking vents, replacing wooden floors with concrete, new roofs, removing chimneys, wall insulation, loft insulation, rendering and so on. The list is endless but if your not asking these questions you won't find the answer and yes it needs fixing but without sorting the problem it might come back. Most houses that suffer with damp problems are your typical terrace who originally had vents, wooden windows that would be open, outside toilets and no bathroom, no washers or driers, no felt or loft insulation, no wall insulation and so on and this has what's changed so cutting out a perfectly good DPC and adding a chemical one or even a membrane seems crazy. I've seen so many damp jobs that have been injected that needed re doing I'm pretty sure every damp job had been done previous and all you hear is it failed (you don't F*****g say). I'm not saying it doesn't need fixing but diagnose the problem first. Don't quote me on this but rising damp is let's say 30 years old? The country was infected around the 60/70's around the same time as walls ties came out and if you drill 30 holes onto the front of a terrace, I'm sure your gonna knock The back off the bricks causing a problem but more shocking is that about the same time we had a load of paddies come over so in theory its got to be the best con in the world
