Removing damp

flimsier

Damp in Master bedroom - it's a window on one side of the room that turns a corner - ie the window is across one side of the room and then on a corner (big)- mould on the walls - wipes away... based in Essex... A,B and C refer to the corner wall part - so there's like and indent in the corner.

For the below they quoted a total of £430. They've gone down to £350. Bear in mind

01 Attend site and place protection to the floor of the master bedroom,
carefully remove and set aside skirting boards for re-fixing at
completion and cover all furniture within room Inclusive of rates. 1 Item £-
02 Hack back to brick wall A, B and C and clear all spoil from site
2.5 m2 £
03 Drill .100mm deep bore holes at .200mm centres to walls A, B, and
C and inject all holes with damp treatment. At completion coat
walls A, B and C with Damp Solvent 1 Item £
04 Place a waterproof bonding coat to walls A, B and C
2.5 m2
05 Plaster skim walls A, B and C so that they feather in with existing
2.5 m2 £
06 Re-fix skirting removed at works commencement and leave walls
A,B and C ready for painting by others 1 Item £
07 Supply and apply 1 number mist coat of white emulsion paint to
walls A, B and C 1 Item £
08 Rake out existing sealant to the external face of the master bedroom
window and replace with new water tight sealant 1 Item £

Anyway, £350. Fair?

TheCyclingProgrammer

Fair if the work actually needs doing. Has the cause of the damp been established properly?

phill99

Whats causing the damp? And us it actually penetrating or ingressing damp or is it condensation?

Doozergirl

What the above says!
What is causing it?

I'm presuming this is a ground floor bedroom? Do you have three external walls?

Other than that, it's ridiculously cheap. Scarily so. My labourer couldn't do it for that. a) because anyone would run out of time on near minimum wage to do it and b) he literally couldn't do it all properly.

How are they getting rid of what must exceed 9 square metres of plaster back to brick? A skip is £100 without thinking about it.

Are the skirting boards in good enough condition to be relaid if you have genuine damp?

Again, why replace window sealant if problem is apparantly rising damp, which is what the other treatment is?

Insurance backed guarantee??

flimsier

It's not rising damp. It's in the master bedroom upstairs and has come from the windows not being sealed properly when put in three years ago - or at least that's what I suspected.

The windows are guaranteed but the company has gone bust, hence I needed to get a quote or two.

It's not 9 square metres of plaster - the window takes up the vast majority of that wall. It's 2.5 square metres.

flimsier

phill99 wrote: »

Whats causing the damp? And us it actually penetrating or ingressing damp or is it condensation?

I am pretty sure it's penetrating.

flimsier

Doozergirl wrote: »

What the above says!
What is causing it?

I'm presuming this is a ground floor bedroom? Do you have three external walls?

Other than that, it's ridiculously cheap. Scarily so. My labourer couldn't do it for that. a) because anyone would run out of time on near minimum wage to do it and b) he literally couldn't do it all properly.

How are they getting rid of what must exceed 9 square metres of plaster back to brick? A skip is £100 without thinking about it.

Are the skirting boards in good enough condition to be relaid if you have genuine damp?

Again, why replace window sealant if problem is apparantly rising damp, which is what the other treatment is?

Insurance backed guarantee??

The three walls are really one wall it goes across, hits a small corner, and the continues like the red below (ignore the full stops):

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l
.............l
.............l____
if that makes sense. It's effectively one wall, and the first two parts of it are mainly window. The damp is below the window. There is no sign of it in the room below (the living room) yet.

dampdaveski

Flimsier,
It reads like they are going to install a damp proof course? (item 3)
IF this is the case and it is a 1st floor bedroom then I suggest you don't have anything else to do with them as they are obviously completely and utterly stupid, in fact beyond stupid. You cannot get rising damp in a 1st floor bedroom (assuming you're not built into a hillside or similar).

If the main problem is mould growing and there is no damage to the plaster then why are they suggesting replastering?
Obviously i havent seen the property, BUT this smells like someone who has a bit of knowledge and they are trying to bamboozle you with technical diarrhea!
Any chance you can post a picture of the offending wall?

Doozergirl

flimsier wrote: »

It's not rising damp. It's in the master bedroom upstairs and has come from the windows not being sealed properly when put in three years ago - or at least that's what I suspected.

!!!! me. You are being taken for a ride by unscrupulous, fraudulent THIEVES.

Yours is outstandly the most disappointing damp related post I have ever read, if not the most disappointing of any thread I have read in 10 years here.

How could anyone install a damp proof course upstairs??

You're not to know but they need reporting to trading standards. Who are they?

If the areas are by the windows then someone needs to fet up a ladder and look from the outside at where it's getting in. Worst case scenario, it would probably be worth employing someone to re-install the windows.

flimsier

Actually, I was a bit worried because I found two different addresses in different parts of Essex for the company. I also found only two (positive though) reviews for them despite their claim to have been going ten years.

This is really interesting and helpful feedback.

Just to be clear: it is definitely the case that their meter reading showed damp in the walls. Do they not need to do something about that? I knew there was no rising damp, but assumed they had to treat the walls.

Thanks for your help you two. I better find someone else.

flimsier

I've not given them the job. Thanks again.