Damp is stopping me from getting my (long-dreamed-of) utility room!!!!

[Madmussells]

We had work done on our 1800 end of terrace house 2.5 years ago: new kitchen downstairs, bathroom moved upstairs. Since then we’ve had damp where the old bathroom was and therefore haven’t been able to get our utility room fitted🙁 in fear it will need to be ripped out again. I’ve only half heartedly addressed the issue because of pregnancy, new baby, health issues, full time job. Now I can’t bare it any longer and want to get it sorted. Please can anyone give me advice of where to start?

I’ve looked at website for heritage house damp issues and agree that I want to find out exactly the cause rather than just get chemical damp course put in.

Damp is on internal wall and the weird thing is that it is in the corner closest in to the house.

Thank you everyone for all your input. Here is what I think my next steps need to be. Please let me know if you can see something that I need to add (it’s highly likely I’ve missed something!)

1. chase insurance for previous report on damp
2. get leak detection people out -especially check radiators and mains pipe under the floor
3. get drain check out-maybe via Dyno-Rod
4. when weather is less wet, get builder to open trench round bottom of the wall and do new mortar.
5. if no conclusions, get back onto Mumsnet! Question: Do I start a new thread or come back to this one? Thanks again!

And a special thank you to PigletJohn for sharing all your ideas, knowledge and anecdotes!

www.ukleakdetection.co.uk/ Is who we used.

I agree, PigletJohn is amazing!