Hello everyone,
perhaps one of you can help me or give me a tip. I have attached 3 photos. This concerns a new build using a monolithic construction method with aerated concrete blocks 36.5cm (14.4 inches). The problem is on the west side. We had the shell construction completed by a contractor and finished the rest ourselves or with a lot of our own work. We have now been living in the house for almost a year and so far everything has been fine. That’s the background.
About 2 weeks ago, it rained heavily for 4 days. The morning after, I noticed two damp spots on the living room wall, which disappeared by the second day (it got warmer outside). I immediately called the shell builder and the heating engineer and explained the situation. They immediately ruled out any fault on their side such as thermal bridging, pressure loss in the manometer, etc. The underfloor heating and water pipes are tight. There are no water pipes in this wall, only underfloor heating in the children’s room upstairs. Those are all working properly. Yesterday it rained heavily again and the spot reappeared today. No visible signs from outside. However, it is located exactly in the middle below the upstairs window. Could it have something to do with the window? Or possibly with the plastered facade? (Cracks?)
Thank you in advance..
perhaps one of you can help me or give me a tip. I have attached 3 photos. This concerns a new build using a monolithic construction method with aerated concrete blocks 36.5cm (14.4 inches). The problem is on the west side. We had the shell construction completed by a contractor and finished the rest ourselves or with a lot of our own work. We have now been living in the house for almost a year and so far everything has been fine. That’s the background.
About 2 weeks ago, it rained heavily for 4 days. The morning after, I noticed two damp spots on the living room wall, which disappeared by the second day (it got warmer outside). I immediately called the shell builder and the heating engineer and explained the situation. They immediately ruled out any fault on their side such as thermal bridging, pressure loss in the manometer, etc. The underfloor heating and water pipes are tight. There are no water pipes in this wall, only underfloor heating in the children’s room upstairs. Those are all working properly. Yesterday it rained heavily again and the spot reappeared today. No visible signs from outside. However, it is located exactly in the middle below the upstairs window. Could it have something to do with the window? Or possibly with the plastered facade? (Cracks?)
Thank you in advance..
HRG83 schrieb:
We had the shell of the building constructed by professionals and completed the rest by contracting ourselves or doing much of it as self-performed work. Including the plastering?
Here it’s a bit unclear what was done professionally and what was self-performed, which might be the reason.
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