Hells_Belle
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I know there are a lot of posts on AAM but I haven't seen this situation arise before.
We had a survey done on the terraced, high-ground house we have made an offer on by an engineer surveyor. The surveyor was enthusiastic about the house, which he said was structurally sound, but pointed out a small amount of damp.
He was of the opinion that given the age of the house (old), were this a serious problem the damp would have advanced further up the wall than the two or three inches it has so far. He didn't seem particularly concerned about it, and frankly neither are we. The house currently has adequate ventilation through working fireplaces in the two affected rooms, but no central heating. The surveyor seemed to feel that installing central heating would go a long way to resolving the problem.
We are planning to take the footprint walls right back to the stone anyway, and could damp course them at that time. However, there is also damp on partition walls which we are planning to take down.
My questions are:
1) In a mild rising damp situation like this, is the addition of heating potentially enough to sort the problem or will a damp course definitely be needed?
1b) If it turns out to be needed, any idea of costs? We're looking at an open plan room 20 feet x 12 feet. (I'll call around on Tuesday but I'm curious to get a general idea sooner than that if I can.)
2) If there is damp on the partition walls, do we need to do anything special around their floor areas after we take them down, or will taking them down make the problem go away there?
Thanks!
PS: If AAM isn't the best Irish board to ask about this sort of thing, I'd appreciate it if someone could suggest a better place -- I don't mean to be a pain!
We had a survey done on the terraced, high-ground house we have made an offer on by an engineer surveyor. The surveyor was enthusiastic about the house, which he said was structurally sound, but pointed out a small amount of damp.
He was of the opinion that given the age of the house (old), were this a serious problem the damp would have advanced further up the wall than the two or three inches it has so far. He didn't seem particularly concerned about it, and frankly neither are we. The house currently has adequate ventilation through working fireplaces in the two affected rooms, but no central heating. The surveyor seemed to feel that installing central heating would go a long way to resolving the problem.
We are planning to take the footprint walls right back to the stone anyway, and could damp course them at that time. However, there is also damp on partition walls which we are planning to take down.
My questions are:
1) In a mild rising damp situation like this, is the addition of heating potentially enough to sort the problem or will a damp course definitely be needed?
1b) If it turns out to be needed, any idea of costs? We're looking at an open plan room 20 feet x 12 feet. (I'll call around on Tuesday but I'm curious to get a general idea sooner than that if I can.)
2) If there is damp on the partition walls, do we need to do anything special around their floor areas after we take them down, or will taking them down make the problem go away there?
Thanks!
PS: If AAM isn't the best Irish board to ask about this sort of thing, I'd appreciate it if someone could suggest a better place -- I don't mean to be a pain!