Rising damp?

jeaniemsm

Hi guys,

In my current home we painted the kitchen walls when we moved in last year, the walls did have some "damp" old stains.

We have just now noticed paint on the internal walls just by the garden doors to be flaking off and turning slightly yellow.

See pics attached 




This is a pic of the outside;





The paint flaking is about 7 bricks above the tap.

The garden has been decked, otherwise the ground level would be a step down from inside the kitchen.

Our survey noted this last year:
",.... found no rising damp or penetrating dampness in the main open plan living area, but evidence of rising damp was noted in the kitchen, particularly on the internal wall between the kitchen and living area at low level.
This is due to the different levels and it is possible that the damp proof course has been breached in this area.
There is also extensive damp on the rear elevation wall in the kitchen, either side of the external doorway"

Does this look like rising damp?

Does any one know of any independent damp surveyor in London they can recommend?

Thanks all

Grenage

That pointing looks a bit suspect.

shiraz99

In my opinion (and many others) there's no such thing as rising damp. Damp issues arise mainly from water penetration, leaks or condensation. If anything is of concern in that pic is the brick that's in need of repointing, that's possibly where you're getting water penetration from.

How old is the property, is it a solid brick wall? If it s then someone previously has made a mistake and the rest of the brickwork around there pointed with a cement mortar rather than lime, which will make damp issues worse.

daveyjp

If rising damp exists why are canal lock bricks always dry above the water line?

This looks like a door frame which isn't sealed properly, lots of holes for water to get in to.

Mr.Generous

You can and do get rising damp on internal walls where no penetrating damp or leak is a possibility. Damp injection treatment into the mortar is not expensive and easy for a competant DIY'er. Look at companies like Permaguard (no affiliation but I've used them as a supplier on renovations. The products available now are drawn to the damp and do not require high pressure injection. Unfortunately the plaster can be drawing too, sometimes the skirting. If thats the case then plaster off to 1mtr high and re plaster with plastering sand/portland cement and a damp proofer. Materials are not too costly, labour more so. But do it once properly and the problem is gone.

aoleks

get a brickie to fix that wall end, it looks horrible, like a block of cheese. I suspect that's the problem. alternatively, a leak in that garden pipe...

Grenage

Mr.Generous said:

You can and do get rising damp on internal walls where no penetrating damp or leak is a possibility. Damp injection treatment into the mortar is not expensive and easy for a competant DIY'er. Look at companies like Permaguard (no affiliation but I've used them as a supplier on renovations. The products available now are drawn to the damp and do not require high pressure injection. Unfortunately the plaster can be drawing too, sometimes the skirting. If thats the case then plaster off to 1mtr high and re plaster with plastering sand/portland cement and a damp proofer. Materials are not too costly, labour more so. But do it once properly and the problem is gone.

Wall damp injection is a complete scam.

jeaniemsm

daveyjp said:

If rising damp exists why are canal lock bricks always dry above the water line?

This looks like a door frame which isn't sealed properly, lots of holes for water to get in to.

Thanks, we have new doors/ frame scheduled to be fitted next month

jeaniemsm

Grenage said:

Mr.Generous said:

You can and do get rising damp on internal walls where no penetrating damp or leak is a possibility. Damp injection treatment into the mortar is not expensive and easy for a competant DIY'er. Look at companies like Permaguard (no affiliation but I've used them as a supplier on renovations. The products available now are drawn to the damp and do not require high pressure injection. Unfortunately the plaster can be drawing too, sometimes the skirting. If thats the case then plaster off to 1mtr high and re plaster with plastering sand/portland cement and a damp proofer. Materials are not too costly, labour more so. But do it once properly and the problem is gone.

Wall damp injection is a complete scam.

Yes been told to NEVER get walls injected for damp issues so will avoid that completly

jeaniemsm

aoleks said:

get a brickie to fix that wall end, it looks horrible, like a block of cheese. I suspect that's the problem. alternatively, a leak in that garden pipe...

Thank you 

Who can fix brick work issues - builders/ specialist?

It's a Victorian house so very old 
The original door was at the side of the kitchen but was moved to where it sits now be french doors which is why I'm guessing the brick work on this side of the house looks a bit dodgy.

jeaniemsm

Thanks all for comments, much appreciated, no idea what I'm doing!

We are scheduled to have new door / frame fitted.

Will look into getting reappointed (no idea what that was until an hour ago!)

What type of damp proof course would I need for the area too? 
The garden is on a lower level from the kitchen but decking has been laid so the garden is on the same level as the kitchen