Rising damp in house, advice needed

dawn78

i am in a privately rented house and have been here 6 years and for 6 years the house has had rising damp! i complained to the landlord and he sent his roofer round to paint some stuff on the living room floor :evil: which the smell almost killed me, i felt high as a kite! then he painted something which was black on the bricks outside the window.

Well that didnt cure nothingI am unsure whether i can stop this at all or whether i have to live with it, my lan!! so i gave up as he wont do much about it, i bought damp proof membrane paint and damp proof membrane sheets and put 4 coats of paint on the floor and 2 layers of the damp proof sheets. it has recently been raining and i noticed the wallpaper looked a bit bubbly, i felt it and the walls was damp and then i felt around the skirting and lower part of the wall and it is very cold feeling and the skirting boards are sticky. the main wet area is near chimney breast and the chimney did get sorted last year and the damp still is there so i am wondering if it wasnt the chimney and was the rising damp spreading along the floor and up the wall.

Landlord has sent a couple of damp proof people round to give quotes and they said they can paint some stuff on the floor to stop the damp coming up and tank the walls, i was wondering does this paint really work, as we have painted the damp proof paint before, so i am hoping the professional stuff maybe different. i was told the plastic sheeting is making the floor sweat so i have to take the membrane sheets up but obviously worried the damp will go onto my carpet



the house is a mid terraced built about 1905, the floor is quarry tiles

totalsolutions

1 Move stops his income
2 Dont pay but place into a fund, stops his income
3 Go to council, health & safety act
4 Sue for ill health problems
5 needs to be fixed, it will fall down

chris494rep

Paint on solutions are useless as rising damp is absorbed through the brick/stone from the ground. I cant remember what it is called, where they drill holes about 12 inches from the ground on external walls and pump in a resin. I had mine done last year, It wasent too expensive an guaranteed for 15 years i think.

dawn78

rang council they said the paint can work as that is what they do to their own properties that have the quarry tiles, so no joy from them

the outside walls have been done, but the wall ajoining my neighbours is showing damp, they are higher than us, the man is going to tank that wall

rent gets paid direct to him and council wont stop paying him as they say he is correcting problem for the meantime by painting floor

mistah

The Government has an initiative called the Decent Homes Standard which is supposed to cover dampness - however I'm not sure if it covers private rented accommodation - see http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/decenthomes/

Paint-on solutions rarely work for treating dampness. You normally need a solution that is tailored to the type of dampness that you have - see http://www.safeguardeurope.com/applications/damp_floors_walls.php

For technical information on treating dampness this site is very useful, although sometimes difficult to understand - http://www.buildingpreservation.com/

moneybelle

Ask your local environmental health to take a look if you are concerned for your health. They will be very interested if there is mould.