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Jan 2024
10:16pm, 3 Jan 2024
117,110 posts
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Hanneke
Thing is, I had the floor insulated, which helped a lot, but of course the stone walls get saturated and the water creeps up above floor levels if I have groundwater for long. So a pump could avoid that happening! I may ask my plumber for advice...
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Jan 2024
7:00am, 4 Jan 2024
25,280 posts
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richmac
Do, also what about getting a damp proof course installed? I'm guessing it's not got one?
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Jan 2024
10:42am, 4 Jan 2024
117,135 posts
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Hanneke
I did everything I was allowed to do.
A damp course cannot be installed posthumously and I cannot tank either. It is why I have lime plaster and clay paint.
I had the front elevation re-pointed at some point, which stopped the water coming in through there but rising water: nothing I can do but accept it. Thing is, the chapel wasn't built as a house!
At least I managed to get planning for heating, as there was proof that there previously had been heating in the form of a log burner...
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Jan 2024
11:07am, 4 Jan 2024
25,291 posts
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richmac
The woes of old buildings eh. I'm surprised they wont let you inject the walls and replaster though.
Hope the ground water recedes.
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Jan 2024
11:16am, 4 Jan 2024
117,136 posts
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Hanneke
No, injecting solid stone walls is a bad idea: lime pointing, lime plaster, clay paint... You cannot alter a historic building like that, it doesn't work! You'd have to inject individual stones for a start and the mortar would still transport moisture.
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Jan 2024
9:15am, 7 Jan 2024
3,951 posts
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Nord SledRunner
The only other suggestion I can come up with is to install a high-volume, low-speed fan to remove moist air, though I imagine this could be a problem in winter.
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Jan 2024
9:24am, 7 Jan 2024
3,952 posts
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Nord SledRunner
What I mean is, high-up HVLS fans push down warm air that has risen, thereby mixing in the moist air at low levels, hopefully also lifting the dew point temperature at low levels, and improving air circulation generally.
There is a big temperature difference between the top and bottom of a room, so pushing the warmer air back down might actually save on heating costs. Even in an ordinary dwelling there could be a 20C temp difference.
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Jan 2024
10:07am, 7 Jan 2024
117,535 posts
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Hanneke
I am not allowed a ceiling fan plus: it would be right next to my bed, not ideal! There isn't an awful lot of headroom on the mezzanine, so that is not an option either: I'd quite like to stand upright rather than get decapitated going to the loo at night 😱
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Jan 2024
11:33am, 7 Jan 2024
3,953 posts
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Nord SledRunner
Another way to do it is to hang a strip of material a foot or more wide across one corner of the room from floor to ceiling, with a gap one end for a small fan that pulls (or pushes) air from the ceiling to the floor. It could be a decorative feature. I saw this once at the Alternative Energy Centre in mid-Wales once, as a way of saving energy, but it might help in your siruation. It doesn't need to a big or noisy fan - something more like a wide computer-fan would work, because it'd be ducted, in effect.
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Jan 2024
11:34am, 7 Jan 2024
3,954 posts
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Nord SledRunner
… I meant the strip forms a triangle across the corner
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