steve52
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as in diy treatment for riseing damp, anyone done it? had it done,recomend a product and technique? one maybe more important a dont touch this one its usless?
damp proofing
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I did my apprentership for a damp proofing / woodwork and dry rot firm . The chemical injection into the brickwork to replace the DPC was said to be a bit of a show boat and didn't do a lot . The main things done to combat the problem where removing the old plaster to 1m high and 1 m past the last known problem and re render with water proof render . On the out side of the wall dig away anything touching the wall above the dpc line . We would normally dig a gully about 200mm wide and back fill it with pea shingle so water would drain away .
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Dusty Bin
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cycling forum?
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steve52
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Yes dusty , I find that cyclists give honest unbiased advice to other cyclist ! With the exception to performance or how good the ride you missed was
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Seen a new house built with no DPC ( damp Proof Course) so the brickies would come and Stilh saw about metre along the brickwork every day and put a bit of DPC in then repoint and wait till that set before doing the next bit , you could only do this on the inside leaf of brickwork if you lifted the floor first , DPC level should be below the floor joist if the floors wooden.
the snail
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You can hire the kit to inject the walls and do it yourself. The only drawback is if you need an insurance backed guarantee for mortgage etc. For replastering, I'd use renovating plaster, which contains salt retardant to stop stains coming through, but has better thermal insulation than cement render, and it's not rock hard, so it's kinder to your brickwork and you can bang a nail into it to hang a picture etc. I didn't bother with the injection on my place, just replaced ropey plasterwork with renovating plaster - although I didn't have serious damp problems to deal with.
Dusty Bin
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Fair enough. Seeing as this is on topic - has anyone got any tips for dealing with moles in the garden? The scissor traps aren'tdoing the job.
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lukesdad
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Musical chimer from a birthday card or the like, shove it down one of the holes.
Yes and when you have caught them.Dig a great big hole and bury them,little toerags.Well that's what my Irish mate Mick told me to do.You will need a big shovel and night vision goggles and some patience
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We had two walls in our basement damp-proofed 15 years ago. The injection pump was no more specialised than a big plant sprayer which would have worked equally well. It looked a pretty simple operation really, but hacking off the old plaster to waist height created a huge amount of rubble.
