NicBeckett
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Dear all,
We have lived in our 4 bed Georgian Terraced property in the centre of Chester for five years now and my favourite part of the house in undoubtably the cellar! It’s around 40m2, contains 3 separate rooms and has some fantastic stone features. When we moved in, the cellar was in a very poor condition and was extremely damp. There were internal doors throughout it, limited airflow and the walls were painted or covered in tanking slurry. Since then we have taken the “Peter Ward” approach and installed a large extractor fan which gives airflow through the length of the cellar, completely stripped the walls and installed a limecrete floor and radiators (rarely used). As a result humidity levels have come down from 100% to around 70%.
We have one final issue that we are trying to remedy and every builder, architect and surveyor that has looked round, hasn’t been able to resolve. There is a small spot in the centre of the cellar at the bottom of the stairs from the house, which remains very damp on the floor and walls, puddles even form and water comes up through the floor. You are perhaps thinking that there is a leak somewhere in the property or this is when the water table is high. However, I don’t think it is because we only ever have this issue in the warmer months of the year (roughly April - October) and throughout the colder months, it just disappears.
So if anyone has any idea what might cause this seasonal damp, I would love to hear from you!
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Nic Beckett
Chester
We have lived in our 4 bed Georgian Terraced property in the centre of Chester for five years now and my favourite part of the house in undoubtably the cellar! It’s around 40m2, contains 3 separate rooms and has some fantastic stone features. When we moved in, the cellar was in a very poor condition and was extremely damp. There were internal doors throughout it, limited airflow and the walls were painted or covered in tanking slurry. Since then we have taken the “Peter Ward” approach and installed a large extractor fan which gives airflow through the length of the cellar, completely stripped the walls and installed a limecrete floor and radiators (rarely used). As a result humidity levels have come down from 100% to around 70%.
We have one final issue that we are trying to remedy and every builder, architect and surveyor that has looked round, hasn’t been able to resolve. There is a small spot in the centre of the cellar at the bottom of the stairs from the house, which remains very damp on the floor and walls, puddles even form and water comes up through the floor. You are perhaps thinking that there is a leak somewhere in the property or this is when the water table is high. However, I don’t think it is because we only ever have this issue in the warmer months of the year (roughly April - October) and throughout the colder months, it just disappears.
So if anyone has any idea what might cause this seasonal damp, I would love to hear from you!
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Nic Beckett
Chester