Mega damp gable end - how to tackle
Mega damp gable end - how to tackle
Hi all,
I am about to buy a house from a family member but there are massive damp issues:
The render is very poor - cracking associated with rusting / expanding wall ties / failure, the cavity wall filling is saturated, I've discovered the overflow from a water header tank has been passing for the past year with the overflow pipe ending in the middle of the outer leaf causing water to run down the outer wall & to fill ups the cavity rotting the wall ties & seeping out through the damp course...
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by Betty swollocks
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Mega damp gable end - how to tackle
Hi all,
I am about to buy a house from a family member but there are massive damp issues:
The render is very poor - cracking associated with rusting / expanding wall ties / failure, the cavity wall filling is saturated, I've discovered the overflow from a water header tank has been passing for the past year with the overflow pipe ending in the middle of the outer leaf causing water to run down the outer wall & to fill ups the cavity rotting the wall ties & seeping out through the damp course...
Read more
by Betty swollocks
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum