Rising damp?

brians_daughter

hum... need some advice please guys.

We have just had the dining room plastered and the plastered mentioned that the (once external wall) which is now internal due to conservatory was a little damp. He plastered it and now, 5 days later the patch where he said is not dry and the internal wall that it joins onto is still not drying.. so i assume it is damp.

There is a radiator on the wall where the internal wall is but cant see a leak etc. The damp is about 30cm high and is about 1.5m long with the radiator in the middle. the once external wall is only about 15cm wide as there are paito doors there leading to conservatory.... Any ideas as to who to call? costs attached etc.

ariba10

I would give it a lot longer than five days before I would start worrying

brians_daughter

Thnaks, it just seems that the rest dried out within 2 days (only skimmed) but the original bit of damp the plasterer pointed out is still really wet - as is the other wall. We have a company coming at weekend to fit a solid wooden flooring so that is the issue really... obv dont want them to start work if there is damp.

How long would you give it ?

ariba10

It could take up to a month, depending how thick the plaster is, how damp the wall was.

If it is only the wall that is still damp I don't see it affecting the wooden flooring.