Damp & DPCs

25 topics in this forum

1. What is the clean solution to damp in century-old buildings

   By sniederb, August 11   

   • damp
   • 11 replies
   • 385 views
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   • nod
   • August 11

2. White mould on bricks

   By Home Farm, August 4
   • 8 replies
   • 206 views
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   • nod
   • August 4

3. External damproof below ground

   By GDiy, July 3   

   • damproof
   • render
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • damproof
     • render
     • wall
   • 1 reply
   • 225 views
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   • Conor
   • July 3

4. OSB VCL and foams vs natural materials & moisture open wall

   By joth, June 7
   • 4 replies
   • 334 views
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   • PeterStarck
   • June 8

5. Basement Dam proofing

   By nod, June 5
   • 0 replies
   • 132 views
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   • nod
   • June 5

6. Water stain

   By pocster, May 13
   • 6 replies
   • 318 views
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   • SiBee
   • May 13

7. Timber kit vapour barrier...

   By Carrerahill, May 7
   • 4 replies
   • 230 views
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   • scottishjohn
   • May 8

8. Damp Proofing Screw Pile and post building

   By Piers, May 3
   • 5 replies
   • 216 views
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   • Piers
   • May 4

9. puddles of water under suspended floor

   By ash132, March 12
   • 10 replies
   • 1,054 views
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   • epsilonGreedy
   • March 14

10. Long Term Damp Problem

    By Onoff, October 13, 2018
    • 16 replies
    • 1,005 views
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    • Onoff
    • October 17, 2018

11. Paving above dpc

    By pocster, August 12, 2018
    • 11 replies
    • 891 views
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    • trowel
    • September 16, 2018

12. DPM under DPC - is there a trick to keeping it in place?

    By Digmixfill, August 18, 2018
    • 6 replies
    • 1,455 views
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    • curlewhouse
    • August 19, 2018

13. dry rot Dry rot in our 1930's semi detached

    By David B, August 2, 2018   

    • high water table
    • ventillation
    • (and 6 more)

      Tagged with:

      • high water table
      • ventillation
      • chemicals
      • cavitity wall
      • partition wall
      • damp proof
      • chimney stack
      • fire hearth
    • 4 replies
    • 491 views
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    • DavidFrancis
    • August 5, 2018

14. No DPC under suspended timber floor

    By MikeGrahamT21, July 18, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 876 views
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    • Simplysimon
    • July 19, 2018

15. Crawl space heave gauge vapour barrier 1 2

    By Daniel C, June 24, 2018   

    • crawl space
    • vapour barrier
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • crawl space
      • vapour barrier
      • aberdeen granite house 2018
    • 31 replies
    • 1,602 views
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    • Daniel C
    • July 3, 2018

16. VCL with insulated plasterboard

    By PeterW, August 20, 2017
    • 12 replies
    • 1,964 views
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    • MikeGrahamT21
    • May 24, 2018

17. Building off damp proof liquid membrane

    By Vijay, May 6, 2018
    • 6 replies
    • 473 views
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    • Vijay
    • May 7, 2018

18. Dry Rot and Rising Damp

    By daiking, September 20, 2017
    • 20 replies
    • 1,557 views
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    • joe90
    • September 22, 2017

19. Water Ingress - Trace and Fix

    By Barney12, September 4, 2017
    • 13 replies
    • 971 views
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    • Barney12
    • September 6, 2017

20. Waterproof membrane

    By pocster, January 19, 2017
    • 1 reply
    • 696 views
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    • pocster
    • January 19, 2017

21. VCL- what to choose?

    By Crofter, December 23, 2016   

    • vcb
    • vapour control
    • 16 replies
    • 1,353 views
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    • ProDave
    • December 24, 2016

22. dpm detail

    By Alexphd1, November 14, 2016
    • 3 replies
    • 1,726 views
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    • Alexphd1
    • November 24, 2016

23. Fix Damp walls in terrace kitchen extension

    By Ferdinand, September 2, 2016   

    • dpc
    • terrace
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • dpc
      • terrace
      • kitchen
      • party wall
      • solid walls
      • rising damp
    • 8 replies
    • 1,400 views
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    • Nickfromwales
    • September 3, 2016

24. Dpc/ radon barrier detail around doorways

    By janedevon, July 29, 2016
    • 1 reply
    • 1,408 views
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    • janedevon
    • July 31, 2016

25. Damp kitchen floor + raising the level

    By iSelfBuild, July 27, 2016
    • 7 replies
    • 1,017 views
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    • iSelfBuild
    • July 30, 2016