Pebble dash and damp

lisa701

We have a 1930s which is coated with pebble dash. If you look at it from the front the dining room/front bedroom section sticks out further forward than the front door/bathroom section by a good metre.

Our house is positioned further forward than other properties in the road so our side wall (and this section which sticks out) gets hit with all the wind & rain.

Yesterday as we walked down the road we noticed the corner bit between the dining room/front bedroom & front door/bathroom section looks wet from the outside. Inside it seems fine.

My hubby got up to look at it but cannot see anything obviousl that would cause a wet patch. The gutters are further forward than this area, but they are fine so its not a leaky gutter thats at fault. We can only assume its been caused by all recent weather and this area being the most exposed.

Any ideas on how we can deal with this?

The pebble dash has been painted over with masonary paint and could do with another coat this year. Should we be looking at getting it painted with something else? Is there anything else we can use that may help?

Thanks

nickj_2

if it's wet then it probably just hasn't dried out , you will always get areas of a house that stays wet , especially this time of the year,and especially a rough surface like pebble dash that will take a lot longer to dry out than a flat rendered wall , is there green mould on the surface ?
if the guttering is ok , is there a downpipe on the corner, if there is , check that that isn't blocked

cyclonebri1

So the issue is that it looks wet but in reallity it isn't on the inside?

Sorry, sounds harsh, but I don't see a problem.

The render;

If it's sound the give it a couple of coats of MP this year.
Yes there are better paints, resin based ones. but they cast about 3x.;)

lisa701

Well hopefully it isnt a problem, I just didnt think that a large wet patch on the wall was a good thing and ignoring it could cause much greater problems in future.

lisa701

There are no downpipes in this area so its definately not the guttering or downpipes causing the wet patch.

It may well have been like this in previous years but I've never noticed it before. The weather has been pretty windy & wet non stop over the past few weeks so thats probably not helped.

Will keep my eye on it, and hopefully we will get some dry weather later in the year at which time we can give the outside a good paint.