Getting remedial damp work done

rosie_bean

Hi there

As a part of our mortgage we have to have some remedial damp work done that was brought up on one of these 'damp and timber surveys''! I know in most people's opinions they're a con, but we're over a barrel and have to get the work done by someone competent, as we have a retention fee put on our mortgage agreement (£1000).

My boyfriend's had two quotes already and just wanted to see how they compared. Both quotes come in at around £1100 (in n.yorkshire area) as an estimate (waiting on exact quotes). This included:

1/ Hacking off 1m high of plaster on 5 walls
2/ Injecting a membrane into two walls
3/ Skimming with another waterproof membrane on the brick
4/ Rendering the brick
5/ Skimming to give the final finish ready to paint.

All in all, three days work (they reckon). Both plasterers think the cause is from previous bridging of the old plaster. House is c1880's built.

What are your opinions, is this too much to pay and is all this work needed?

nerka

Sounds like the fair price to me. If you getting rising damp, then this sort of treatment will help.
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rosie_bean

Thanks @Nerka

Had a couple of other quotes with similar figures, so must be about right.

Had another guy come back with £1600 though, but he seemed to want to do more work and cover the effected area with plasterboard after the treatment :S Didn't know if that sounded right thought to be honest!