Damp proofing costs?

debbie_debt

Hi All,

I've got an end terrace house with penetrating damp all along the gable end wall due to rain water running off the roof from the whole block of terraces. I'm looking at various options and Apex Coating Services seem a great option to have the whole wall coated with a weatherproof render and spray.

Has anyone any experience of this or can anyone give me a rough idea of the kind of price to expect for the one wall so I know if I'm being completely ripped off?!

Thanks

Debbie

Dippypud

A 'photo may explain a bit more, sometimes it's difficult to envisage what you mean...;)

docmatt

No you don't need the wall coated and rendered. You need to sort the roof out first to stop the water getting on the brickwork. You then wait till after the summer to see if it's dried out.

Damp from above will dry out, it's rising damp that doesn't.

Let me guess, they contacted you?

debbie_debt

Hmmm... thanks for getting back to me.

Docmatt - no they didn't contact me, I just googled 'penetrating damp solutions' and waded through the sites! Then looked at some reviews and most seemed positive for this company. I'd love to sort the roof out but it's pretty much impossible to make sure the wall stays dry - it's hard to explain, but we're the last house in a downward sloping block of 10 terraces, and all of the other houses have had their rainwater drainpipes removed so when it's really raining hard, all the water just runs off the end of our roof. Our rainwater downpipe is woefully insufficient to handle the volume of water. Any suggestions??

Cheers

richardw

A larger diameter downpipe perhaps.

27col

If you have rain water running down a wall from a roof. Then the answer is to attend to the cause of the water by sorting out the guttering,
You need to stop the cause of the water not to muck about trying to treat the symptoms.

docmatt

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Leif

I would have thought that there were regulations governing your neighbours given that the rain impacts on your property. Perhaps you should contact the council and see if they have any suggestions.

saxonrosecliff

I agree with Leif. We used to live in a last but one terrace and the person next door (end of terrace) had the same problem. She was an old lady so I contacted the Council on her behalf. They sent someone from the Environmental Health Department to have a look and then decided where the downpipes should be and negotiated with the occupiers through their mediation service.

This was quite a few years ago though so I don't know if they would still run this kind of service. Its worth a go though.