Wet Sticky stuff by skirting boards

The_DemonicKat

I bought a house about a year ago and have been working on upstairs for this time (I have completely renovated it, which is why its taken so long)

Anyway, I have just started working on dowenstairs and have been stripping off the wallpaper in the lounge (anaglipter paper) and have found by the skirting boards the paper feels wet, it peels off easily and underneath the paper it is really sticky, like glue. This is happening on inside walls though, not an outside wall, so it can't be anything to do with outside.
I did ponder whether it could simply be the wallpaper glue, but the wallpaper has been up in that house for years so one would have expected it to dry out by now!

Has anyone any ideas?

simcla

sounds like you have a damp wall - Is the bathroom above it or are there any pipes near the sticky wall?

phill99

I agree it sounds like damp. How pld is the house? If it has a cavity, there may not be anything showing it self on the outside. The DPC may be ruptured or failing in some way or it may be breached within the cavity.

Doozergirl

It does sound like some form of damp.

The sticky stuff is glue! The wallpaper paste has gotten wet again...

rdpro

possibly a leak from buried central heating pipes?

The_DemonicKat

Thanks. I guess I will have to get someone in to check it out.

The house is an ex council one, built in 1929.

The bathroom isn't above that area. On one of the walls thats damp there is a radiator on the opposite side, but on the other wall there is nothing.

Thanks for responding!