Damp Proofing

Damp in 2 week old kitchen cupboards

Anonymous user 16/03/2024 - 2.47 PM

I had a local building company fit a new kitchen. When they took the 20yr old kitchen down it revealed a high damp reading on all walls (it’s a galley kitchen). I knew there would be as it’s and old house and one wall is a gable end. They said they would treat the damp, not sure what exactly they used but they said they would slurry it and injected the lower bricks. They then put plaster boards on to straighten the wall and then they were plastered over. The plaster was never painted as the sub contracted painter was not available and the builder wanted to get the kitchen installed. It was only painted at the end when everything was installed. One week to do the damp proofing and the following week they fitted the kitchen. The kitchen went in of the week of 15th August and I have just noticed mould on the insides of my kitchen cabinets (which are fitted on the gable end side of the kitchen). I am absolutely gutted this has happened to my brand new kitchen. They are coming back to finish off the final bits of the kitchen tomorrow and as I have just discovered the mould I have not mentioned it yet. Things are a bit frosty with the builders as it is as they took offence at asking me when it will be finished. They original quote to prep the kitchen and install it (I have paid separately for the kitchen itself) was £8,400 and he said the extra unforeseen work such as the damp proofing will be around another £2k but I haven’t yet had the invoice for that. Can anyone give me advice and would suggest why mould would appear so quickly back through my kitchen cabinets ? Thanks