cheesypeas Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 We had a damp wall at cellar level. Local company wanted to charge multiple thousands tanking the wall. Friend of the old man came in and noticed that there was actually a crack in the floor, and the water was wicking up the wall. Covered the floor with heavy duty damp proofing gear (looked like tar to me, and set like concrete). The wall dried out in three days, problem solved for £400.00. Be wary of so called experts. If you are getting quotes from anyone and pm me, I will tell you who the local company was that nearly raped my bank account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierrot Lunaire Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Indeed, 'tis an industry that exploits peoples' fear and ignorance. A bit like Everest salesmen. Don't get me started on them. I bought a house once where the bank insisted on a damp report before releasing the funds. There was damp, and the company invited to quote (and on the bank's list of approved damp people) reported that for £1800.00 they would put it right by the usual drilling/chemical injection/replastering. This satisfied the bank, who released the funds enabling me to complete the purchase. The day after which I cured the damp problem by clearing a blocked gutter. Cost - £00.00 Fucking crooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thunderstruck Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 i have had a quote for work from Brian below, very detailed report and a very good price for the amount of work to be carried out. http://www.bsp.co.im/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 You are a " damp proofing specialist" and I claim my £10.00 finder of spammers fee. However if you are not spam... No you're a hypo. people suffer from moulds!! Ffs get a grip we are human we evolved in bloody caves if you have problems with breathing turn the heating off and open a bloody window ... rant rant. Just for the record this is a northern hemisphere country with high humidity and in the winter months the solar angle max here on the Isle of Man is at 12.5 Degrees with 7.5 hours daylight as opposed to 59.5 Degrees in the height of summer and 17.5 Hours daylight - many people live in areas surrounded by hills and in the winter see as little as 1 hour of direct weak sunlight before it goes behind the hills and humidity levels of up to 100% so opening a window to remove damp from a home is a joke- By Early February the sun has only slowly climbed to about 18 Degrees solar maximum angle above the Earths Horizon and makes little difference Just for the record and as you seem to be such an expert, When I bought my house (old Manx stone) there was a small river running through the basement. Im not a tradesman, I did a bit of reserch, chose, purchased and applied the solution. your more than welcome to come and view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 It'd be a bit of damp air with moisture in that not to avoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightspark Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 Just want to thank everyone here for your advice - i have been in a four year battle with it on my own after the death of my Father and Brother plus a lot of other bad luck to complex to explain at the moment: I need to point out that the Company i refer to is not Brian of BSP limited on the Isle of Man - It is another company. will explain more soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightspark Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 I will try to show a photograph of the main area of dampness in my living room. This is the main focus of what i am being charged almost £7000 to cure. I regularly run dehumidifiers and hairdryers. I used to get Stacci Botrus (Black mould up and down this wall until i had the window above renewed in April 2011) I also had some dry rot in the other corner (Not shown). I was admitted to hospital suffering a severe alergic reaction. My breathing was so bad i thought i had lung cancer until tests confirmed that it was fungal spores. The attacks started in March and got so bad in October that i was taken to hospital. It was only then that i understood that dry rot hidden under a shelf in a brick cupboard was the reason. The firm wanted over £200 to spray it. I did this myself for £23 using a large can of dry rot killer in 15 minutes. The allergic attacks went down in 24 hours. I am appalled at the prices damp proofing companies charge and it is a worry especially to the elderly. I saw an elderly patient die of Pneumonia - This is what damp can do - and the elderly do not stand a chance with prices like these unless they have large savings or Family support. In the past people used to help each other on the Isle of Man - but things have changed over time, I can't even find someone to help myself even after the deaths in my family - and i have spent over four years using hairdryers under a bath and in the living room with a dehumidifier running for hours all because of this fact. I have been outside on and off over four years running hoses against my walls, filling in any crack i see outside, puting tape around the outside of the affected areas, putting boards against the windows to try to understand why damp is coming in. (I learned that some of it was coming in through two faulty window frames which when renewed in April 2011 and made a difference - but i cannot completely cure it). Before this i had water run in from outside the house when it rained and under the ground floor bathroom to over halfway under the vinyl in the kitchen. The worst occasion was the eve of my father's funeral when in addition to a hairdryer and dehumidifier i had to use an electric fire - This took over 12 hours.Similarly the following year when my brother died suddenly. The person who quoted for the tanking works knew all about this - but still wanted nearly 7K. I even asked for a breakdown of these costs on a couple of occasions and he would not say: That was why i decided to find out for myself and based all material costs on Isle of Man prices. I since received a quote to remove and reinstate the bath from a local plumber £125 as opposed to £192 i stated above further reducing the material costs. I wanted to try to prepare some of the work myself to cut costs such as removal of plasterboard and any cleaning of the area and disposal of rubbish myself but this idea was met with silence - I was even promised help that never came. Since i renewed these windows i get no more flooding - just dampness. If i had not renewed these windows and was able to afford 7K for tanking - the water from outside would have built up behind this tanking. The damp experts should have noticed this! This Christmas day 2011 i spent the day running a dehumidifier and hairdryer under my bath missing my family and feeling so very depressed after four years of trying to get help. even today i am running this dehumidifier and the hairdryer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I will try to show a photograph of the main area of dampness in my living room. Also show photos of the outside and the roof above the living room. If water is coming in from outside then this is what needs fixing, not cosmetics inside. Sadly the island suffers from cowboys in the building trade, one may well have been responsible for this. Photos, photos, photos. You haven't said where you are located - a nice damp moist valley or the southern plains? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightspark Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 here is one picture showing the main area in my living room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightspark Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 i apologise no photo wil go on - I went to "More Reply Options" Selected My Documents - My Pictures and attached a photograph - but it wont come out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 i apologise no photo wil go on - I went to "More Reply Options" Selected My Documents - My Pictures and attached a photograph - but it wont come out Send the files to me, simon@hb9drv.ch and I'll attach. We really need the outside photos as damp only comes in from the outside... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierrot Lunaire Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We really need the outside photos as damp only comes in from the outside... No it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 We really need the outside photos as damp only comes in from the outside... No it doesn't. Everything gets into a room from outside! Now behave... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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