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Moisture Reading

  • 15-08-2012 1:43pm
    #1
    dufferlover
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    Hi folks, just wondering if anyone may be able to shed some light on this subject.
    We've gone to sale agreed on a house and had an engineer out to survey it on Monday and it has thrown up a few problems.
    He did moisture readings all over the house and the hot press had a moisture reading of 85.7%, which is very high.

    Here is what his report says:
    It is noted in the hot-press that the floors are wet. It may be isolated, as no really high readings of moisture were noted elsewhere. The floors looked damp and were reading in excess of 85% for moisture. It was noted that the old plumbing pipes were gun barrel. The house does appear to have been re-plumbed using qualpex (noted that some of the qualpex plumbing is dropping in the wardrobes and behind the insulated slabs.
    The floors in the rooms and hall do have moisture readings a little higher than normal. This suggests that there may be a leak under the floor. The leak does seem to be central about the hot press, but a leak could be anywhere and showing itself elsewhere. It is advised that a plumber visit the house, carry out a pressure test and see if there is a leak.

    As you can see he has recommended we get a plumber in before we proceed with the sale. Today I mentioned it to the estate agent and now the seller of the house is concerned and wants to get his own plumber in. I was wary at first but our engineer has confirmed that the seller has contacted him and is going to do what he has recommended.
    Anyway, I know it's difficult without seeing the house but do any of you experts think this sounds like a big problem or have any ideas. I have pics of the hotpress, the boiler etc so I can PM them to anyone if they want to have a look. Sorry to be vague but plumbing and myself know nothing of each other!
    Thanks in advance :)


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