Ceiling material choices

[Onoff]

Could you batten and wood clad the outside walls? Is it the bricks that are like sponges or the mortar?

 

[Onoff]

Maybe membrane across the floor, up the walls and across the ceiling then insulated pb on the walls, it's like 27mm thick. You'd need ventilation.

 

[Wildatlanticwelder]

Rendered external insulation would be a good way to solve the damp walls.
Over here they consider the bricks sponges you only rarely see them being used

 

[Barking Mat]

Dehumidifier.

 

[Onoff]

Dehumidifier.

A "dehumdifier" in Scotland!

 

[Onoff]

Rendered external insulation would be a good way to solve the damp walls.
Over here they consider the bricks sponges you only rarely see them being used

Counter battens to form a ventilated cavity then a wood cladding rain screen would be cheaper.

 

[Barking Mat]

A "dehumdifier" in Scotland!

I'm sure I'm missing your humour, but if you have a damp workshop, a dehumidifier, would help, surely ?

 

[gaz1]

Rendered external insulation would be a good way to solve the damp walls.
Over here they consider the bricks sponges you only rarely see them being used

that stuff is as bad as concrete on walls if water gets behind the board and freezes it will damage the wall

also has the habbit of destoying stone / bricks or other alternatives

 

[tigdlo]

There’s not a lot I can do with that….the bricks are like sponges when it rains, although I’ve sprayed Thompsons Water seal

french drain and increase the overhand of the roof? If you eaves are high enough a lean to walkway all around and weather board? there are plenty of options, all spendy but if the issues are coming from the outside then sorting the inside makes little sense.

 

[gaz1]

There’s not a lot I can do with that….the bricks are like sponges when it rains, although I’ve sprayed Thompsons Water seal on the outside walls from day1 to prevent ingress..short of building an internal skin of breeze block..expensive and takes up floor space....

Compromises..…eh?

i couldnt touch the outside wall even though it has concrete on it

yes i can water seal it every 2 years

but i just built an internal concrete wall instead and had the gap inside of it

havent had any trouble since then

 

[Wildatlanticwelder]

that stuff is as bad as concrete on walls if water gets behind the board and freezes it will damage the wall

also has the habbit of destoying stone / bricks or other alternatives

How do you mean as bad as concrete?

The idea is if it is done properly the water does not enter

Theres negatives with every construction method

What would you suggest to stop damp ingress tru a single brick wall?

 

[addjunkie]

Its a single brick garage, with no ventilation or air circulation or heat! Circulate some air with a couple of computer fans

 

[Chippie]

Water ingress is mainly from the the 2 gable walls, both of them are the most exposed to the rain. 1 g wall is on my side, the other is on my neighbour’s garde.
The front of the garage has the uao door, the opp end is better sheltered, with a 10 x 8 shed next to it….
The garage is built to modern standards with good ventilation….

 

[tigdlo]

Has it been built on the boundary line?

 

[Chippie]

Has it been built on the boundary line?

Yes..