How can I tell if I had tanking done in a property

dvtrv

I have a new tenant in the only house I rent out my father sold me.
House is in a area I'm not familiar with.

The tanked advises, as he's in the building trade, that he feels the downstairs has not been tanking. He says no tanking has been done.

Anyway my issue.

SO, is there a way to tell if tanking was done on the ground floor of the property or not?

Thank you,

Carmk2008

Why does the tenant insist that it needs tanking is there a damp problem? or is he trying to sell you his services.

dvtrv

I never said nor suggested the tenant insisted anything but thank you for responding.

Can anyone advise how I can tell if a property has had tanking?

Thank you

Carmk2008

Your op doesnt make sense, tanking can be like black bitumen or tanking i used for a wet room was blue and set like rubber and you can also have a membrane with it, not always tho.

dvtrv

Not sure what op is but I'll still wait for an answer or some kind of suggestion to my query.

Nite nite

Carmk2008

Original post, and I believe I did answer

Doozergirl

OP is original post, as above.

There's no hard and fast way to know how a wall has been treated behind the plastered finish. You'd know it hadn't been tanked, or tanked properly if it had wet walls! Dry walls doesn't mean it is or hasn't.

Your post doesn't make sense though. What is the purpose of the question? Why should it need to be tanked? It should only be required below ground, not at ground floor level.

southcoastrgi

dvtrv wrote: »

The tanked advises, as he's in the building trade, that he feels the downstairs has not been tanking. He says no tanking has been done

So the question still remains why does the tenant think or should or needs tanking ?
Tenant don't ask these sort of questions without a reason ?