Rising Damp On Carpet

Rising damp can be expensive to fix.

Rising damp on carpet.

If you don t have a damp course get one installed as soon as possible. Our technology causes the water to flow downwards dehydrating the wall and eliminating the problem. Find out what the treatment options are before you call a professional in. If you are replacing existing timber floors with carpet or another type of floor when renovating you should address any rising damp issues before laying down a concrete slab.

Last updated posted 2012 feb 2 12 02 pm aest posted 2012 feb 2 12 02 pm aest user 68698 471 posts. You ll probably need to get help from a professional. Remove obstructions from sub floor ventilators if they have become partially or completely blocked. Rising damp is one of the trickiest types of damp to rectify.

If you have rising damp get someone in to look at your damp course. Concrete s porous nature means that water from under your home can seep up through your concrete floor making it damp. The temporary fix was to rip up the carpet knock a hole in the concrete slab repair the leaking pipe fill in the hole with quickcrete cement and restretch the carpet once it and the pad had dried. Posted 2012 feb 2 7 54 am aest.

It s worth installing extractor fans in them to reduce the chances of damp hanging around. Within a week or so the damp spot progressed to a puddle 4 by 6 feet that a wet vac couldn t really keep up with. Rising damp is a myth and all your proposed remedies will make damp walls worse. As rising damp is less straight forward to deal with it can be more.

Archive view return to standard view. Rising damp occurs when the groundwater rises up through the floors and walls as it tries to evaporate. The kitchen and bathroom are usually the worst offenders. This can cause issues with mold and mildew especially if you have carpet or.

Though in common parlance you are right to imply that the term rising damp is perhaps misleading.