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Condensation issues

Louise151201
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What's happening on the other sides of that cold corner in the thermal image? Photos please.As well as the obvious thermal bridge, the wallpaper is wet and the screws to the socket are rusting. I'm finding it hard to believe that is just condensation and not water ingress.How much did your damp specialist report cost you?Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Hi Doozergirl, sorry I don’t know how to directly reply to you I just made an account purely for this post. So this thermal image only shows the corner however all along the base of the wall is wet not just the corner ( I don’t know why he didn’t thermal imagine other parts of the wall). I will attach a photo of outside to show where the corner is. We are only thinking it is condensation as the damp specialist we used said it isn’t rising damp or water damage. I’m purely just going off what he said but I’m more than open to exploring other causes for this issue. Yes the screws are very rusted and initially the socket was a point of worry for me given that it is clearly getting wet, however ( sorry to mention him again lol) the damp specialist used some sort of tool to show that the damp wasn’t penetrating the wall it was only surface therefor he said it wouldn’t be dangerous given that water isn’t getting to the wiring etc. Hope this all makes sense…happy to answer any more questions as
the damp wall is not the outside window wall but the one running away from the drain pipe if that makes sense ( we have also checked that for any leaks but doesn’t seem to be any)
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Also the report cost £2000
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How old is the property?0
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Was built 32 years ago0
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Have you checked if the guttering or downpipe are leaking ?
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Maybe my eyes but the bottom of the pebble dash /render stuff looks darker that that above it definitely no cracks/ingress points?
So the wall with the socket on is an internal wall adjoined to next door?
Have you had the skirting off on that corner and wall under the socket to see how wet it is behind at ground level?
Edit: is next door mirrored or the same as yours so their kitchen adjoins your bedroom or does their bedroom adjoin yours
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subjecttocontract said:
Have you checked if the guttering or downpipe are leaking ?0 -
HampshireH said:Maybe my eyes but the bottom of the pebble dash /render stuff looks darker that that above it definitely no cracks/ingress points?
So the wall with the socket on is an internal wall adjoined to next door?
Have you had the skirting off on that corner and wall under the socket to see how wet it is behind at ground level?I’m doing such a bad job explaining where this wall is. So the wall with the window is the outside wall that you can see in the photo with the pebbledash. The damp wall is the internal wall that is joined onto our next door neighbours house ( I hope this makes more sense). So not the window wall. We haven’t actually taken the skirting off or socket but we did have a plumber go underneath the floor and the brick was all dry. It may be worth actually looking behind the skirting and socket possibly0 -
HampshireH said:Maybe my eyes but the bottom of the pebble dash /render stuff looks darker that that above it definitely no cracks/ingress points?
So the wall with the socket on is an internal wall adjoined to next door?
Have you had the skirting off on that corner and wall under the socket to see how wet it is behind at ground level?
Edit: is next door mirrored or the same as yours so their kitchen adjoins your bedroom or does their bedroom adjoin yours0
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