Thanks for your replies. To be clear, the risng damp condition is presumably
corrected by the terne metal installation. It helps to believe that the
rising damp is not a factor. The question then became, "Is the moisture
evident at the surface of the plaster, at the joint with the old, a result
of the hydrophilic properties of the casein paint that was applied to it or,
is the moisture within the plaster and the masonry?"

Subsurface moisture testing(Protimeter wood meter) has revealed that it
isn't just damp casein paint but moisture still held in the plaster and at
least at the surface of the masonry substrate. There is one area of lime
plaster repair that wasn't painted - same condition except that there also
is an electric heater in that vestibule that keeps things toasty and dry.
So, the appreciable moisture level stops approx. 2' above floor versus 5'
above floor as in other areas.

So, I am now of the opinion that the walls were never given enough time to
dry out, post-demolition and that eventually they probably will with no
deleterious effects on the plaster. Gratefully, I've not been charged with
determining of the rising damp is cured or not. Only if the plaster is okey
dokey.

mordo

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There is also the offhand chance of lawn irrigation.

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