Dry Lining A Cellar

Cellar tanking products are designed for application onto damp substrates.

Dry lining a cellar.

Being below ground the earth surrounding the cellar acts as a route for water to enter through the walls. Tim installed drainage channels around the perimeter and a membrane lining to the entire floor area. Where you can talk to waterproof people. Wooden paneling but this tends to rot.

Dry lining now refers mainly to covering internal walls with plasterboard. It took a whole day but even by the end of the day the basement already felt warmer and dryer. So dry lining was invented and from this has evolved the air gap or cavity drain membrane a dimpled plastic sheet which because of the dimples allows air to freely circulate. Property repair systems is open for business 01626 872886.

This prevents moisture from being trapped as in conventional. I own a terrace with a reasonably dry cellar brick floor and walls approx 15 x15 x7. Through the use of membrane systems. When waterproofing basement walls with it brush or roll the paint on thickly enough to fill all the little surface holes then allow it to dry fully before a second coat is applied.

As the drainage channels were being dug out we could see the water puddling at the bottom. Sealing the walls using a surface coating known as wet basement tanking. I have been hassled by the wife to turn it into another useable room. I am thinking along the lines of a plastic membrane on the floor under a screed say 4 thick insulation.

Below outside ground partly below damp proof course or in a cellar or basement you can sometimes see liquid water its really wet may come and go. The plasterboard is either stuck on the walls or fixed to a timber or steel frame which is attached to the walls. One of the most common ways of making your cellar dry and inviting is to add a second false wall so to speak over the wall surface and a popular way that has been used for some time is to install gyproc plasterboards but special ones with have a waterproof layer on one side. In order to prevent this from happening the walls must be fully waterproofed.

How would one dry line it to expel any dampness. If your cellar walls are relatively dry you should wet out the substrate fully with clean water making sure it is damp but with no standing or surface water before applying the tanking. Dry lining has several advantages over the wet finish in that it can be installed much more quickly especially in the case where it is stuck to the walls using a mix of plaster as adhesive.