Damp Proofing

Wet wall, wet under floor, plumber says no leaks

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.53 PM

I've recently noticed the bottom half of the wall just inside the front door of my house (party wall) is wet and the skirting crumbling. The stopcock is just under this bit of wall so I thought there must be a leak there, but when I took up the floorboard the tap was dry and there were no visible leaks in the pipe. The earth under the house was, however, wet for as far as I could reach. It smelt dank. Got the plumber in, and he tested for leaks but found none. He also had a look at the neighbours' water meters and no sign of movement there either. Is there any way this could in fact be rising damp? Would it come on as quickly as this and cover such a large area? I've lived here for years, and every other time I've lifted the floorboard to turn the stopcock off everything has been bone dry. The vents are all open and clear. Thanks for your answer, but I'm afraid I don't understand. A floorboard next to the wall has been taken up, and you can feel with your hand that the unplastered brick wall under the floor level is wet. The ground/soil/earth or whatever it us under the floor is also wet, and it is that that seems to be soaking up the wall. Which is why I was pretty sure that there was a pipe leak somewhere in the area... but plumber says no.