Damp proofing price
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No no no no no no no no!
Does this price seem reasonable for a 3 bedroom detached bungalow?
Run a mile. This is an absolute con.
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Scam
Edit: unless you are tanking a basement, then maybe
Edit: unless you are tanking a basement, then maybe
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Yep, absolute lunacy to even consider this.
There is *no* *such* *thing* as rising damp.
There is *no* *such* *thing* as rising damp.
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I have no experience so can't comment on the quote. But have you only got the one quote?
Is that what needs done or is the problem potentially solvable another way?
The stuff only requires holes drilled so by replacing plaster being in the quote I assume the entire ground floor walls must be damaged otherwise why replace it? Is slurry needed if the injectable cream 'works' ?
Maybe post a bit more info on the issue?
Is that what needs done or is the problem potentially solvable another way?
The stuff only requires holes drilled so by replacing plaster being in the quote I assume the entire ground floor walls must be damaged otherwise why replace it? Is slurry needed if the injectable cream 'works' ?
Maybe post a bit more info on the issue?
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The whole thing is a scam, injectable liquid dpc, drilling dozens of holes etc.
The solution is to find what's causing the damp, not ignore the source and try to mask the symptoms.
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What are the symptoms of damp you are experiencing in the house?
The labour charge seems excessive to me.
The only way to see if it's a reasonable quote is to get some more quotes from other contractors.
The labour charge seems excessive to me.
The only way to see if it's a reasonable quote is to get some more quotes from other contractors.
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Thanks for the sanity check guys, I was thinking the same. The labour price seems extortionate for what will probably take a few days at most.
Its a vacant house and there is some damp in the walls as its on a hill and water comes down from the field above. Mainly just in the corners of a few rooms. I'm thinking the solution is to put in a French drain, or some sort of drain linked to the sewage of the house... There are already air bricks in the wall, so I am not sure why they quoted for floor ventilation.
One other issue is that a lot of the window cills are completely gone and even a window completely missing and bricked up inside, so there is rain water pouring into the cavity in a lot of places. I am thinking getting the windows sorted and some sort of drain will sort the issue, rather than paying £13k for someone to drill a bunch of holes. If it came down to it I could even do that myself as you can buy the DP cream and tanking slurry. Then it would just be a case of getting someone in to plaster as the walls will need skimming anyway.
Its a vacant house and there is some damp in the walls as its on a hill and water comes down from the field above. Mainly just in the corners of a few rooms. I'm thinking the solution is to put in a French drain, or some sort of drain linked to the sewage of the house... There are already air bricks in the wall, so I am not sure why they quoted for floor ventilation.
One other issue is that a lot of the window cills are completely gone and even a window completely missing and bricked up inside, so there is rain water pouring into the cavity in a lot of places. I am thinking getting the windows sorted and some sort of drain will sort the issue, rather than paying £13k for someone to drill a bunch of holes. If it came down to it I could even do that myself as you can buy the DP cream and tanking slurry. Then it would just be a case of getting someone in to plaster as the walls will need skimming anyway.
Shows what a load of con men the damp industry is. It's obvious where the water is coming from yet rather than fix that they quote for a load of totally unnecessary work.
Fix the windows, stop the water running up against the brickwork (french drain could be a good shout) then get some heating on to dry the house out.
Fix the windows, stop the water running up against the brickwork (french drain could be a good shout) then get some heating on to dry the house out.
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First half of post makes sense, second makes no sense. Why would you need dp cream?
Another ‘nope’ from me.
Damp is caused by either:
Water failing to get out
Getting in where it shouldn’t.
The getting in where it shouldn’t is almost always caused by leaking gutters, holes in the building fabric, windows, ground levels being too high etc.
Hard standing directly against the house is also an issue linked to ground levels being too high. When it rains, water hits the hard standing and bounces up against the house above the DPC.
What damp usually isn’t - a failed DPC.
It sounds like you have loads of other work to do to get the house watertight first before considering anything else.
If you are doing a full renovation, it’s worth lifting the suspended floor and insulating it with PIR.
Damp is caused by either:
Water failing to get out
Getting in where it shouldn’t.
The getting in where it shouldn’t is almost always caused by leaking gutters, holes in the building fabric, windows, ground levels being too high etc.
Hard standing directly against the house is also an issue linked to ground levels being too high. When it rains, water hits the hard standing and bounces up against the house above the DPC.
What damp usually isn’t - a failed DPC.
It sounds like you have loads of other work to do to get the house watertight first before considering anything else.
If you are doing a full renovation, it’s worth lifting the suspended floor and insulating it with PIR.
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If you take a £200 day rate per person, which is the higher end of the spectrum - that is 49.25 man days.
If it takes them that much time to do, then they are not competent.
The materials quote seems within reasonable limits.
If it takes them that much time to do, then they are not competent.
The materials quote seems within reasonable limits.
Probably more like £500 a day these days.
wouldn't they have had to itemize inside work like floor board removal too - did they fail to itemize external drain rectification too,
moreover ? you'd have been there when they made any estimates to immediately comment on actions you thought were necessary.
moreover ? you'd have been there when they made any estimates to immediately comment on actions you thought were necessary.
The house I'm buying has had something done in relation to damp. The 15 year guarantee document looks great, until you realise that the company has been closed and reopened under different names almost every 5 years. Obviously I'd like the assume the best, but the management team are 100% the same and it's a pretty regular schedule
We damp-proofed our place in 2020. It was a roughly 700 sqft basement and we opted for the membrane damproofing option as opposed to slurry - I believe the membrane option is generally more expensive than slurry, and our quote was not too dissimilar to the one above. Seems a very, very expensive quote to me!
Does this price seem reasonable for a 3 bedroom detached bungalow?