House is still damp and has condensation

Hi. You say you had the damp done. Who buy? And did they do the following? 1.remove plaster to 1 meter? 2.install tanking membrane? 3.plaster board ? Cheers

hi Rebecca, at that age it is most probably a solid brick building,i.e. no cavity built with lime mortar, the air bricks are not doing any thing but venting the cavity if it has one. it could be a lot of different issues and them being treated wrongly, sounds like you have had treatment for rising damp, rising damp is misdiagnosed in over 75% of cases rising to over 95% in older properties. this type of building does not usually suffer from rising damp,more from penetrating damp caused by the wrong materials used for repairs ,modern materials do not work very well in older properties,most of today's tradesmen do not understand how older materials work in keeping your property water tight, although all the older materials are still available getting some one who understands how to use them may be a tad harder if it is a solid brick building look for someone who specialises in older properties and how the materials used keep the property dry. good luck Alex