Damp Problem

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fababby

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Hi All

Looking for some advice in the first instance before getting professionals in to see how bad the problem is potentially and whether insurance might cover it.

I have damp problems in 3 bedrooms. It is worst in my own bedroom with two corners quite black looking and the paint in that area is bubbling a little with salt coming through. My house is a detached, stand alone house. It has corner stones (reconstituted granite) at the corners (under the roof) and whilst I am no professional, the thought has occured that they might be letting/have let water through. Do you think this is something that could be covered on my household (buildings) insurance? Clearly it has been there a while and I have ingnored it in the hope that it would go away (no basis in reality for this, just sticking head in the sand mentality) so will my current insurers not want to pay if it 'before their time'. If this is the case, will previous insurer (changed insurer after 6 years about year and half ago) entertain a claim.

Any advice very welcome.

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Small bit of advice from experience in living in an old house. Might not be the solution but might help in the short term.

Check to see if your gutters are blocked, could be a source of some of the water as they cant escape down the gutters they run down the walls instead.

Second, its not good to live in a damp/mould infected house, buy a dehumidifier and let it to work in the rooms, it will remove the water form the room and the walls but not the source of the problem. Might make it a bit livable.
 
Thank you both so much for responding. The house is only built 8 years Lemon125 but checking gutters is good suggestion and I will do. But these quoins (or whatever they are called) seem to be letting in water, or did and have stopped? So don't think that comes under maintenance Hopalong, mroe repair but you could very well be right. I do have a loss adjustor coming to have a look in a week or so but trying to work out what to expect I suppose, especially from an insurance point of view. Cos if these guys/gals say that it occured before their time, I just wonder where I would stand...Wait and See
 
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