Advice needed re: damp (again!) and woodworm

frannyscho

https://www.periodproperty.co.uk - good for all things.

One main concern about all this talk of preventing damp, is that if lots of barriers are put down to prevent water coming up through the ground, then beware where it will appear. You could consider that the whole thing be allowed to breathe and release moisture instead of trapping it. Water has to go somewhere.

Our kitchen had a four inch concrete base laid to prevent moisture since the 1950's, so all the moisture had been wicking up the walls since, rotting all the wood and ruining the walls. We got rid of the concrete and allowed the floor to breath again through sand bedded pallet tiles, and re-rendered the walls in lime render - thus allowing the whole water-in, water-out theory.

Become an expert before you do anything, because many companies will get you to part with lots of money for an ineffective treatment just to please the insurers whom you will also be paying a large sum to. All they are after is that so-called guarantee. It may be that you cannot avoid doing so if your lenders insist though. Good luck.