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I own a flat that has quite bad damp on two rear facing walls.
The flat above is empty and has broken windows.
The owner is missing in action.
I think the rain coming in thru his windows are not helping.
What can I do?
Back to the damp, is there any sure fire way of stopping damp coming thru the walls?
The flat above is empty and has broken windows.
The owner is missing in action.
I think the rain coming in thru his windows are not helping.
What can I do?
Back to the damp, is there any sure fire way of stopping damp coming thru the walls?
paoloh said:
Back to the damp, is there any sure fire way of stopping damp coming thru the walls?
Sort out where the water is coming from. Gutters/downpipes leaking. etc. Could be condensation of course.What sort of locks and how overlooked on the entrance to the flat above? I'd be inclined to sort out entry and at least board it up. Last thing you want is somebody getting in and firestarting or something?
Same owner as your flat? Agent? Land registry?
I am having the same problem from an occupied flat above mine, my flat being leasehold within a block of four, and under control of a Property Management Company. The flat above having metal patio doors, where on blustery rainy weather, the rain is blown through the doors, on to the floor and through to my flat’s ceiling.
As another poster has suggested, carry out a check with the Land Registry to find out the owner or leaseholder of the flat above you, once found then serve notice on the same of the damp problems stemming from rain water entering their flat. Your local Council’s Environmental Health Department can take enforcement action, although one should use that course of action as a last resort.
Damp entering through walls, may be cracked guttering or downpipes, cracked render, poor pointing, leaking around window frames or seals, could just be interior condensation against a cold wall, and lastly I have even had rain water “run down” a telephone wire, where the exterior hole has been drilled at an angle downwards into the property.
As another poster has suggested, carry out a check with the Land Registry to find out the owner or leaseholder of the flat above you, once found then serve notice on the same of the damp problems stemming from rain water entering their flat. Your local Council’s Environmental Health Department can take enforcement action, although one should use that course of action as a last resort.
Damp entering through walls, may be cracked guttering or downpipes, cracked render, poor pointing, leaking around window frames or seals, could just be interior condensation against a cold wall, and lastly I have even had rain water “run down” a telephone wire, where the exterior hole has been drilled at an angle downwards into the property.
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