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Treating rising damp

  • 28-09-2019 09:31AM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Hi

    Sister is buying a house with rising damp. Going to get a builder friend to price fixing it. Is there any particular guide or treatment that is the most effective


Comments

  • #2
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,959 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    Without knowing the cause/construction/ventilation/age of house/ etc impossible to advise.

    Many folk are of the view that rising damp is a myth designed to scam innocent folk out of their hard earned cash through a combination of scaremongering and fear, using what many regard as snake oil or worse.

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #3
    mad m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,036 ✭✭✭mad m


    keeffo2005 wrote: »
    Hi

    Sister is buying a house with rising damp. Going to get a builder friend to price fixing it. Is there any particular guide or treatment that is the most effective

    Have you any idea extent of rising damp? Age of house?


  • #4
    dermotx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭dermotx


    rising damp.jpg

    I presume this is a classic case of rising damp. I was thinking of drilling holes along the bottom of the affected areas and filling with the sticks that melt into the brick and stop the capilliary action of the rising damp. Anybody any experience of this sort of treatment.

    Regards

    Dermot



  • #5
    C. Eastwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭C. Eastwood


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058018713/treating-rising-damp

    Rising dampness is very real.

    First of all get a professional to diagnose the cause of the rising damp.

    It will be necessary for the professional to have various Moisture Meters and a hygrometer.

    If the Rising Dampness is in the floor then it could be cause by a leaking pipe or lack of DPM etc

    If the Rising Dampness is in the walls it may be caused by a lack of DPC etc.

    Once the cause of the Rising Dampness is ascertained, it is very simply to prescribe remedial action.



  • #6
    Yellow_Fern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,723 ✭✭✭Yellow_Fern


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119244080#Comment_119244080

    That house is new enough to appear to have a damp proof course. Is it a concrete block house? Is there damp inside, on the walls? A lot of people will recommend having no concrete going against outer walls. Gravel going to the end of the walls is a lot better. When I look at that picture, I dont think it is rising damp, maybe issues with the drain.



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  • #7
    dermotx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭dermotx


    Thanks for that Yellow-Fern. It was a house my daughter was thinking of buying but has decided against it.



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