please advise re diy dampproofing

I’ve never fixed the damp in my home due to quotes of $ 15000 or more which means instead the damp affects my health

Has anyone had experience buying the chemicals to dampproof and getting a cheaper handyman to remove wall plaster
Drill holes and inject each bricks 2 or 3 times
Wait
And repair plaster and paint
rather than pay dampproofibg companies 15000 or more ?

 

I guess you could get a handyman to do it for $10,000 and then have the professional damp repairer come afterwards because of a crap job, probably costing you $20,000. So double the cost all up.

What price do you put on your health?

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

pinkboy

 

• Yes - 20 litres of siloxane costs around $300
• No - it's a diy job provided you have a) time b) tools c) skill d) patience e) short arms & deep pockets
• It's not just drilling and filling etc, when done properly they should be installing aluminium dampcourse as well otherwise it may not work and you have blown $$$
• You've forgotten to add - remove floor coverings & skirtings.
• Once you open up the skirtings.you may find black mould on the back of the timber, this will require specific treatment too.
• The walls also take 4-6 months to dry out before you can repaint and close up

Yup paint it blue and continue to ignore the issue.

 

Fixing it is worth every cent. This is one job where it pays to get a qualified person to do it. Why delay it? The cost of poor health is far more expensive.

 

thanks for all the information much appreciated.

 

Have you had the source of the damp fully checked?
Is it an older house? Are there gardens right up against the wall? Broken drains? No runoff slope away from the house?
Is there subfloor ventilation? Can it be installed?
If you have answers to these questions and you need a damp course injected into the brick then go with the experienced professionals.
Centuries old houses in the UK had no damp course as the brick was meant to be open to the air to dry......people built up gardens and paths over the brick and damp walls was the result.
Hope this helps. Good luck.

 

I got my house checked by a so-called expert. $15,000 he quoted me for about 1 metre section of rising damp. What a rip off.

 

This is why you guys just gotta buy weatherboard homes instead of brick

 

Have you had the problem fixed?

 

Unless there is significant sentimental value to the home, being a PPOR (and therefore CGT free), wouldn’t it just be better to sell and buy a weatherboard house? I mean, a gorgeous hundred year old brick home with plenty of sentimental value is one thing, but if it’s an AVJennings brick box from the 70s, it may not be worth it. Depending on state and property value, wouldn’t it just be cheaper to take the stamp duty hit? Particularly on a home of value $400k or less.

 

Those are brick veneer - this type of rectification applies to double brick, solid masonry or possibly reverse b/v.