Gutter Damp Walls

I live in a terraced house and my next door neighbours gutter is broken causing all the rainwater to pour down the front of my house instead of down their downpipe.

Gutter damp walls. Rising damp needs to be treated with a waterproofing course on the exterior to stop the damp from rising within your brick to affect the interior walls. Tear the paper backing off the tape and lightly adhere one edge of the tape to the top of the gutter. Overlap long seams by at least 1 in. Work wrinkles and bubbles flat.

And end seams by 4 in. When gutters leak there are two ways water can go. It is worth noting that some leaking gutters can feed water into your roof so never ignore a damp patch on a ceiling. Penetrating damp also called falling damp or lateral damp occurs when water penetration reaches inside masonry walls.

A faulty dpc may cause moisture to rise by capillary action through the building materials like a sponge absorbs water. Roll the tape down the wall of the gutter pushing it firmly into curves and corners photo 3. Penetrating damp shows up when moisture is in regular contact with the masonry wall resulting in a saturation of the water with water. Cut the tape with a scissors or a razor knife photo 2.

There is a large array of different issues that can cause penetrating damp. And there s more leaking gutters. We mentioned at the beginning that one of the causes of damp on internal walls is guttering. Ice dams can be especially troublesome.

Damp problems in a house can be due to a number of causes such as rain getting through the walls or roof moisture being absorbed from the ground condensation settling on cold surfaces or a. The warm moist air cools down and condenses back into water. Damp caused by defective gutters is most often penetrative because surface water is allowed to drip on or run down an exterior wall. Rising damp occurs on the bases of walls and floors.

It s important to act fast when you see a damp wall after heavy rain because they can cause both short and long term damage to your home. This has caused penetrating damp damage to my plaster and mould on one wall in my living room.