Damp in skirting board - New Build (4year old)

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I'd suggest it's almost definitely going to be water getting under the door. There is a large gap but it could be a damaged or deformed rubber seal.

designerdavid

Doozergirl said:

B0bbyEwing said:

Doozergirl said:

I'd suggest the door wasn't sealed correctly when it was fitted, so you've got some water ingress. 

It's nit an NHBC issue, it needs a bit of investigation though.  

Having seen a number of your posts in this forum over a fair bit of time I'd say you certainly seem to know a thing or two.

So on that note in your experience - how much of these things that keep cropping up are "one of them things" could happen to anyone & how much is just shoddy workmanship where the professionals should've known better but probably couldn't be bothered. 'Fudge it Friday' so to speak. 

There's a clear gap on the bottom right of the door for water to get through.  There should be a continuous seal of mastic, it shouldn't be mortar.  

There's also quite a thickness of it.  I'm not sure what the NHBC tolerance is for the fitting of a door frame but there's a bit too much filling there for my liking.   We'd allow 5mm for fitting, but it looks about 12mm either side of this door, which may explain why they've used mortar - it's easier to disguise it.  

If it hasn't been sealed correctly around then has it been sealed underneath?  

Building a house consists of hundreds of thousands of individual actions so you'd expect some snagging.  It is a bit of a friday afternoon job.  It would be picked up by a professional snagger.  

My mistake, it is mastic not mortar.

designerdavid

designerdavid said:

FreeBear said:

Is that a fillet of mortar on the outside or mastic ?

Its mortar

My mistake, its mastic not mortar

Doozergirl

designerdavid said:

Doozergirl said:

B0bbyEwing said:

Doozergirl said:

I'd suggest the door wasn't sealed correctly when it was fitted, so you've got some water ingress. 

It's nit an NHBC issue, it needs a bit of investigation though.  

Having seen a number of your posts in this forum over a fair bit of time I'd say you certainly seem to know a thing or two.

So on that note in your experience - how much of these things that keep cropping up are "one of them things" could happen to anyone & how much is just shoddy workmanship where the professionals should've known better but probably couldn't be bothered. 'Fudge it Friday' so to speak. 

There's a clear gap on the bottom right of the door for water to get through.  There should be a continuous seal of mastic, it shouldn't be mortar.  

There's also quite a thickness of it.  I'm not sure what the NHBC tolerance is for the fitting of a door frame but there's a bit too much filling there for my liking.   We'd allow 5mm for fitting, but it looks about 12mm either side of this door, which may explain why they've used mortar - it's easier to disguise it.  

If it hasn't been sealed correctly around then has it been sealed underneath?  

Building a house consists of hundreds of thousands of individual actions so you'd expect some snagging.  It is a bit of a friday afternoon job.  It would be picked up by a professional snagger.  

My mistake, it is mastic not mortar.

That's more reassuring but there's still a decent hole in it.  Your problem will be there.  

You probably don't see the issue because it's behind the skirting board.  

stuart45

I'd take off the skirting board and see how damp the wall is behind it. There's been so much rain recently that places are getting damp spots where they'd normally have time to dry out.

ThisIsWeird

That MDF skirting is shot, so worth removing now so you can monitor what's going on, and also allow that area to dry.
Please post photos once removed.
Once off, you could also retry your hosing.