Damp advice needed!
Hi all, thanks for all the replies on my previous post!
Looking to get some advice on what the next steps should be with damp in my Edwardian Terraced property. It’s a suspended timber floor with some ashy/dirt material underneath.
We bought this house in January knowing it had some damp issues downstairs. The worst of it is between the lounge and dining room wall (the bright blue and orange one). Weirdly the house doesn’t particularly feel or smell damp, but we have massive patches in various areas, mostly on internal walls.
The first thing we did was lower the ground levels outside and try to expose ventilation holes. The rear patio door is help up with a piece of timber with some hole drilled in, so I will be bricking this up properly soon with some air bricks and a new door. We have also added aco drains round the back garden to stop any water from going down into the cavity of the subfloor.
We’ve also hacked off the fender to the annex part of the house and repointed in lime to allow this section to breathe because originally the ground was level to the bottom of the render.
Now that this is done I’m wondering what the next logical step is? Should I hack of the plaster and see what’s happening underneath? Replaster in lime as this house would have originally had? Do a liquid PDC?
Any advice appreciated!