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Rising Damp

se conman · 2017-12-30 17:03:57

Hi, Just a general question. I have been watching "mmy dream derelict home" and have always had a pipe dream of an old stone farmhouse on a few acres but the one thing that has always put me off is while it is easy enough to pour a new floor and stop damp there, how do you stop rising damp in exterior walls that are…

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se conman

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Hi,
Just a general question.
I have been watching "mmy dream derelict home" and have always had a pipe dream of an old stone farmhouse on a few acres but the one thing that has always put me off is while it is easy enough to pour a new floor and stop damp there, how do you stop rising damp in exterior walls that are stone/rubble built almost on clay?

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#2 30-12-2017 9:59pm

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True "Rising Damp" is an awful lot rarer than laypeople believe.

What you want to stop is regular damp - if water can't get to the bottom of the walls it can't climb up them!!

French drains and the like are your friend.

But why not just pick a house that doesn't have damp walls in the first place. Many houses of that era are bone dry.

Be ware though that pouring a new floor is not always a good idea - modern "interventions" like concrete floors, cementitious renders, etc. can destroy a perfectly food rubble built building.

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