My daughter owns an ex-council semi near Birmingham (so probably not a great build quality to start with!!).
She has interior damp on the outside walls of rooms on the "end" wall, along with some mould.
A neighbour has had external cladding (on the council I believe, though daughter wouldn't qualify) so she is wondering if that might cure her problem.
I've said she needs to know where it's coming from before spending loads on anything.
She has vents in each room and doesn't dry clothes indoors.
She doesn't think its rising damp, nor does she think her DPC is compromised.
The house is rendered but the rendering appears intact.
She thinks it's simply a cold wall causing it, and that insulated cladding ay cure it.
I can lend her a humidity measurer but that'd just confirm it's damp.
How would she go about finding out what the cause and solution is? She'd be on a bit of a budget and would be reluctant to engage a costly survey by a damp specialist, but IMO a builder or cladder won't necessarily be sufficiently knowledgeable or diligent enough to properly assess.
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