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'Blackened' skirting baords

  • 08-09-2009 1:33pm
    #1
    sandt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭


    ok so i seem to have a problem with damp in our new house. In some parts of the house the skirting board (oak laminate MDF) has become blackened with damp. it isnt confined to one part of the house or just external walls and its on ground and first floor.
    i had the rep from the builders providers where i bought it and he said its definately damp in the floor / walls. i have taken some parts of it off and the walls didnt feel damp at all. the skirting had a kind of green / yellow fungus on the back of it.
    For some reason the sprayer didnt spray the back of the boards even though it clearly stated to do so on the packaging. when i asked him about it he said he never sprays the back of them weather its solid or laminate.
    i think we had the heating on for around 10weeks before the skirting was put on which i thought was plenty of time...?

    how will i know now when its safe to put new boards on? someone mentioned a de-humidifyier to me? i dont want this happening again!!

    thanks....


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  • #2
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Assuming you had a wet plaster finish, cavity blockwork walls, solid concrete ground floor with full radon barrier which was probably open to the elements for a long period of bad weather.

    If so, it can take a very long time for all the water/moisture to evapourate from the walls/ground floor mass (there can be 100 - 200 gallons (4,000 - 8,000 litres) of moisture to get out. A dehumidifier will help but should be used carefully, you don't want drying out cracks.

    You should get a moisture metre and check the walls and floor, will it hurt to leave the boards off for a couple of months?


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