I have recently realised we have a problem with damp walls and it affects both the paint and any wallcovering that was used on top the block wall. we use more of cement blocks here for our walls, I wonder how we can remedy this situation expecially during the rains.
Any suggestions?

Replying to [eloho]:
Your talking is very good! I suppors your good idea. but now i have not question about built,

Replying to [WeiDy]:Thank for the interest all the same, they say where there is a will there will also be some action. I know you will soon have something fore all of us in the forum

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Replying to [eloho]:


No capillary break between the foundation and floor/walls! That's a very bad situation, and I'm not sure what to do in this case. I could imagine that you could still apply this magnesium cement to the foundation, but don't take my word for it


I could envision a short trench along a short run of the foundation, all the way down to the underground. Apply magnesium cement mortar to the foundation, refill and compact half way, put a big "U" shaped collector in the trench (it has to be glued to the wall), refill with co gravel and do the next part of the foundation, connecting the collector.


And of course you also have to find a way to let the water collected in this backfilled trench freely flow somewhere. If it stays there, it might even make the situation worse. - Just an idea!

dig trench  at the bottom use pcb pipr ,,solid bottom.place  new plastic sheets along the outter wall over law then so the flow will go down..make holes on top ov pvb pipe angle pipe hi to lo..make plastic to end just on top of pipi,,letting the water to travil down plastic into pipi flow out the low end

Quoting from [eloho]:


I have recently realised we have a problem with damp walls and it affects both the paint and any wallcovering that was used on top the block wall. we use more of cement blocks here for our walls, I wonder how we can remedy this situation expecially during the rains.

Any suggestions?

There is a company here in Finland that can fix local water damage in similar situation. First they - with quite an unique electromagnetic method - dry the area and then create a silicate based moisture block that prevents further water infiltration. They have Finnish and European patents for their invention.

With this method it might be able to create a capillar phenomenon barrier to avoid further problems. I do not know the details, but local fixes can be done without any "side effects" for structures.

Traditional remedies have already been offered in this thread, very much workable suggestions. Basically you need to redirect water somewhere else.