Rising Damp On Carpet

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Rising damp on carpet.

Last updated posted 2012 feb 2 12 02 pm aest posted 2012 feb 2 12 02 pm aest user 68698 471 posts. Rising damp occurs when the groundwater rises up through the floors and walls as it tries to evaporate. Remove obstructions from sub floor ventilators if they have become partially or completely blocked. Though in common parlance you are right to imply that the term rising damp is perhaps misleading.

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. 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. As rising damp is less straight forward to deal with it can be more. 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.

Rising damp can be expensive to fix. This can cause issues with mold and mildew especially if you have carpet or. Archive view return to standard view. Rising damp is one of the trickiest types of damp to rectify.

Posted 2012 feb 2 7 54 am aest. The kitchen and bathroom are usually the worst offenders. Rising damp black mould in carpet. Concrete s porous nature means that water from under your home can seep up through your concrete floor making it damp.

Rising damp is a myth and all your proposed remedies will make damp walls worse. You ll probably need to get help from a professional. If you don t have a damp course get one installed as soon as possible. It s worth installing extractor fans in them to reduce the chances of damp hanging around.

Rising damp is in fact just plain damp there is no one magic remedy.