Rising damp (ffs)

[Nashtbs]

So, I've had the surveyors round today for my house which I'm selling and they've found rising damp in my living room which I'm going to have to get sorted before the buyer will go through. It's on the internal wall between my living room and kitchen and on one of the walls with my neighbours (I lived in a terraced)

Does anyone have any idea how much it costs? The surveyor wasn't very helpful.

Thanks guys.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

I had this about 10 years ago on the party wall (semi-detached house). I got a specialist damp-proofing and wall tie company in to do it. They removed the plaster on the whole wall up to about 3 foot from the floor, put in damproofing by injection, and replastered. Took 2 days and cost £600.

 

[Methuselah]

So, I've had the surveyors round today for my house which I'm selling and they've found rising damp in my living room which I'm going to have to get sorted before the buyer will go through. It's on the internal wall between my living room and kitchen and on one of the walls with my neighbours (I lived in a terraced)

Does anyone have any idea how much it costs? The surveyor wasn't very helpful.

Thanks guys.

Almost impossible to give an idea on cost. Will depend on how much work is involved which, in turn, is affected by the extent and location of the damp. My daughter had to move out of her bungalow and into rented accommodation for three months while their rising damp was sorted. My other daughter, who has just bought a house in London, had the house price reduced by 50k to cover sorting the damp in the cellar. Also, the type and age of the property can affect costs. It may be an option to offer a reduction in price to the buyer and let them sort out the problem?

 

[anton66]

Have you contacted Rigsby?

 

[peteblue]

Have a look at this first......

https://www.heritage-house.org/damp-and-condensation/the-ping-prong-meter-guilty-of-fraud.html

 

[sageyefc]

You tried sawdust?

 

[Joey66]

I had this about 10 years ago on the party wall (semi-detached house). I got a specialist damp-proofing and wall tie company in to do it. They removed the plaster on the whole wall up to about 3 foot from the floor, put in damproofing by injection, and replastered. Took 2 days and cost £600.

Spot on and you cannot redecorate for about six months!

 

[peteblue]

Can you actually see any damp, discolouration or rusty nails in the skirting board. If not then you probably haven’t got any.....

 

[larbert toffee]

Have you contacted Rigsby?

Big Everton fan was old Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter)

 

[Nashtbs]

Can you actually see any damp, discolouration or rusty nails in the skirting board. If not then you probably haven’t got any.....

The skirting board is rotted and it does feel damp to the touch

 

[COYBL25]

So, I've had the surveyors round today for my house which I'm selling and they've found rising damp in my living room which I'm going to have to get sorted before the buyer will go through. It's on the internal wall between my living room and kitchen and on one of the walls with my neighbours (I lived in a terraced)

Does anyone have any idea how much it costs? The surveyor wasn't very helpful.

Thanks guys.

Hi mate.

Before you start chucking money around and ripping plaster off, do a bit of research.

A surveyor comes around with a damp meter and sticks it on the wall, hey presto you`ve got a damp problem.

Wrong, damp can be caused by loads of things that are easily remedied, without having to going nuclear.

There`s load of really good builders / DIY forums that will really help you and possibly save you thousands.

They always find damp and either make a generic diagnosis of rising damp or that the damp course has failed.

It`s in the interests of the surveyor to get money knocked off for the buyer, it`s what they do.

It could well be that the problem lies with your neighbour and not you.

As I said, have a look at those forums, there`ll be loads of stuff on damp and it`s causes.

* I sold a Victorian Terrace house and they found " rising damp " and tried to knock thousands off - it was condensation and remedied by opening all the windows in the house and getting a dehumidifier.

 

[The binman chronicles]

You can buy special paint to seal it off so they don't pick up on it. Mind you should have done that before you had them around!

 

[Nashtbs]

Hi mate.

Before you start chucking money around and ripping plaster off, do a bit of research.

A surveyor comes around with a damp meter and sticks it on the wall, hey presto you`ve got a damp problem.

Wrong, damp can be caused by loads of things that are easily remedied, without having to going nuclear.

There`s load of really good builders / DIY forums that will really help you and possibly save you thousands.

They always find damp and either make a generic diagnosis of rising damp or that the damp course has failed.

It`s in the interests of the surveyor to get money knocked off for the buyer, it`s what they do.

It could well be that the problem lies with your neighbour and not you.

As I said, have a look at those forums, there`ll be loads of stuff on damp and it`s causes.

* I sold a Victorian Terrace house and they found " rising damp " and tried to knock thousands off - it was condensation and remedied by opening all the windows in the house and getting a dehumidifier.

Cheers for that mate, how did you prove that it wasn't rising damp?

 

[peteblue]

Hi mate.

Before you start chucking money around and ripping plaster off, do a bit of research.

A surveyor comes around with a damp meter and sticks it on the wall, hey presto you`ve got a damp problem.

Wrong, damp can be caused by loads of things that are easily remedied, without having to going nuclear.

There`s load of really good builders / DIY forums that will really help you and possibly save you thousands.

They always find damp and either make a generic diagnosis of rising damp or that the damp course has failed.

It`s in the interests of the surveyor to get money knocked off for the buyer, it`s what they do.

It could well be that the problem lies with your neighbour and not you.

As I said, have a look at those forums, there`ll be loads of stuff on damp and it`s causes.

* I sold a Victorian Terrace house and they found " rising damp " and tried to knock thousands off - it was condensation and remedied by opening all the windows in the house and getting a dehumidifier.

I think I read a ‘which’ report a while ago that tested a number of the top damp proof companies. Some missed the real damp, others ‘found’ damp where none was present, most suggested the wrong treatments....it’s a bloody minefield.....

 

[Nashtbs]

Is it an outside or inside wall ?.....

It's on an inside wall, living room ground floor mate