Hi guys.. i've just registered so a quick hi to all of you.
I really am struggling. I have a house which i know had an old single brick outhouse(?) on the back which past owners have had knocked through to increase the size of the kitchen. When we moved in this part of the kitchen (the back) was cladded with the old '80s wooden cladding. Thinking i was doing the right thing i ripped out the cladding along with their batons, and had a friend plaster the whole area.... it looked brilliant, like a new build - then the problems started. Damp.
There is black mold all over the wall behind the floor units which has rendered the insides of some unusable for safety reasons. I've had enough. The missus is whinging about it but i'm the one who ultimately has to put it right somehow and i don't know what to do to make sure that i don't cock it up again.
My thoughts are as follows:
* Remove all the plaster and subsurface back down to bare brick
* Baton and frame the area with Timber
* Face with 10mm thick ply
* Install new units, tile over the ply
Now some people have suggested that i put a layer of plastic sheet over the brick to stop any damp coming through, however others have said to leave it to 'breath'.
Also, i've been told that the damp can simply come out of the bottom of whatever surface that i install and therefore the damp problem will still exist.
For information, the flooring at the rear of the kitchen is concrete, whereas it then switches back to wood.
I'm really desperate here guys and i'd normally just pay someone but dont know which information is correct.. i just want to do this task once and not have to worry about it until i'm no longer on planet earth to be honest.
Thanks so much for any help or guidance
Barry