patches of damp on wall

bigmock

Hi to be honest I am not sure but I do not recall seeing any plaster board being put up? what is dot and dab? This morning the patches were soaking wet and now they have dried again you can still see a slight stain but no where near as bad or as wet as it was this morning.

TeamPlum

I meant how they fixed the plaster board to the original wall, attracts damp like no-ones business.

Perhaps the seal around the tiles isnt any good allowing water to collect on these patches

cyclonebri1

Sorry Wallbash, but the 1 thing you don't do is start bashing the wall. :D

A simple check with a metal detector, only a few quid, will find any pipes and wires within the wall.

Is it by any chance a party wall, ie you 1 side and the neighbour the other?
Wouldn't be the firstime that the nextdoors issue becomes the neighbours.

Just re read the 1st post and this is indeed a party wall, you really need to see the neighbours asap , (their weed growing or such similar activites may be affecting you) :A:A:A;)

bigmock

TeamPlum wrote: »

I meant how they fixed the plaster board to the original wall, attracts damp like no-ones business.

Perhaps the seal around the tiles isnt any good allowing water to collect on these patches

Hi all I can remember is that he removed the old tiles and pretty much stuck these new ones down. And have spoken to the neighbours who have no signs of damp on there wall (which we share) so yes I am thinking maybe it is something to do with the tiles however don't know for sure and so dont know what to do hmmm

bigmock

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Sorry Wallbash, but the 1 thing you don't do is start bashing the wall. :D

A simple check with a metal detector, only a few quid, will find any pipes and wires within the wall.

Is it by any chance a party wall, ie you 1 side and the neighbour the other?
Wouldn't be the firstime that the nextdoors issue becomes the neighbours.

Just re read the 1st post and this is indeed a party wall, you really need to see the neighbours asap , (their weed growing or such similar activites may be affecting you) :A:A:A;)

Hi yes spoke with them today no damp on that particular wall however some damp that has recently showed up on their opposite bathroom wall so not sure from there garden it looks like they could do with maintaining there guttering etc

wallbash

Sorry Wallbash, but the 1 thing you don't do is start bashing the wall.

I bash the wall. Where is the water coming from ? You need to find it before it does greater damage, its not going to cure itself.

Its an internal wall , on the ground floor.
That rules out roof/ gutters /windows all the normal places to start.
Logic then says its a water pipe.

Hi yes spoke with them today no damp on that particular wall

So the water is not coming from the other side of the wall .

Running out of options ...... bash the wall.

bigmock

Hi I also forgot to mention the wall the patches are on is the same wall a bath/shower is attached too. (the bath runs along the wall and the shower is on another wall opposite, the damp patches are about 1 foot above where the baths height ends- hope that makes sense)

Having just ran the bath and shower tonight the patches are very wet again so I am assuming it is to do with a leak coming from the bath/shower?

bigmock

wallbash wrote: »

I bash the wall. Where is the water coming from ? You need to find it before it does greater damage, its not going to cure itself.

Its an internal wall , on the ground floor.
That rules out roof/ gutters /windows all the normal places to start.
Logic then says its a water pipe.



So the water is not coming from the other side of the wall .

Running out of options ...... bash the wall.

Thanks I took your advice and have a builder coming to have a look on tuesday I really hope it is not too much £££ but yes I need to get this sorted quickly as we all know even a little water causes so many problems

wallbash

. (the bath runs along the wall and the shower is on another wall opposite, the damp patches are about 1 foot above where the baths height ends- hope that makes sense)

to be honest no.

Lets try another thought.

Is the shower above the bath, ie combined bath/shower mixer.
Have you taken the side of the bath off to look underneath ?

Can you trace the path of the water pipes.

Dry the wall. Run the bath, while watching the tiles,
If the water is coming from beneath the tiles......those tiles are coming off, and stop using the taps til Tues.
But I am puzzled why you only have a wet patch when using the bath/shower , the pipes would be full even after you turned the taps off. So I would expect tiles would be constantly wet.

The wet patch is higher than the taps, so we can forget about a leaking waste.
( fill bath , with plug in, observe tiles than empty bath , watching tiles)
Getting desperate here as you can see.

Promise to tell me what the builder says.

bigmock

wallbash wrote: »

to be honest no.

Lets try another thought.

Is the shower above the bath, ie combined bath/shower mixer.
Have you taken the side of the bath off to look underneath ?

Hello yes that is correct. I have not taken the side of the bath off but will do tomorrow morning and ill take a pic and have a look.

wallbash wrote: »

But I am puzzled why you only have a wet patch when using the bath/shower , the pipes would be full even after you turned the taps off. So I would expect tiles would be constantly wet.

The wet patch is higher than the taps, so we can forget about a leaking waste.
( fill bath , with plug in, observe tiles than empty bath , watching tiles)
Getting desperate here as you can see.

Promise to tell me what the builder says.

Yes it is strange re when the patches are wet and when they are not the other day it was soaking wet before anyone had taken a bath however today straight after using the bath and shower the wall patches were wet - but had been dry in the day.
I will also do what you said above and will tell you what the builder says thank you so much for your help