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Homes often need damp treatment to combat mould and keep the cold out. It’s especially necessary to damp proofing a home during the winter months. Unfortunately, residential properties are vulnerable to the cold and most people put it down to the home. Some believe the home is naturally cold while
Are your walls and windows wet to the touch? Can you see droplets running down them? And does your house feel damp? If so, you probably have condensation, and you definitely need to act quickly as this can be a huge problem to both your home and your health. Our
One of the most common and costly DIY mistakes is trying to paint over walls or ceilings suffering from damp and mould. Before long, the paint is bubbly, peeling and mouldy again – your money wasted and your property damaged even more. Whether damp proof paint will be effective depends
When soil presses against a wall that is cracked or made from porous materials, groundwater can seep through and saturate the wall, causing lateral damp. You’ve probably seen lateral damp on a small scale when a flower bed is attached to an external wall. This wall will usually have a wet patch
Do I have penetrating damp Penetrating damp is caused by water entering a wall, ceiling or floor from outside the building or from leaky plumbing. A wide variety of exterior defects can allow water ingress. Here are some of the most common causes of penetrating damp that we encounter. Cracks in the
In London, it can be difficult to find the room or get permission to extend your property. This means that more and more people are turning to their basements for extra space. But no one wants to spend time in a basement if it’s covered in damp and mould. Here
Penetrating damp is caused by the ingress of water from the outside of a building to the inside. There are many causes of penetrating damp, and one that we encounter regularly is decayed or poorly installed pointing. Poor pointing is one of the easiest causes of penetrating damp to fix, but only
What is rising damp? Rising damp is groundwater that has been absorbed by porous building materials such as brick or mortar. Many people do not realise that water can travel upwards through a building, but if you imagine the bricks acting as a sponge sitting in a shallow pool of
What is lateral damp? Lateral damp is when groundwater penetrates sideways into a property, and it can affect any floor that is in contact with soil. If untreated, this damp can erode building materials and cause a room to be uninhabitable as the amount of moisture will make electrical plugs
During many of our damp works, we discover properties that have fallen victim to damp scams. It’s the same story again and again: a panicked homeowner discovers signs of damp and contacts a damp company to fix it, only for the damp to return with a vengeance. We show up and discover
