Cheshire, Shrhiopsre, Manchester,
Merseyside, North Wales.
Dampness in a building basically comes under three headings, rising damp, penetrating
damp and condensation.
Rising damp is usually evident at the base of walls and normally will not rise
past a height of one metre.
The primary causes of rising damp is that the ground level is too high
thus causing bridging of the existing existing dpc, or the damp course is either non existent or has failed allowing
dampness to rise by capillary action.
This can be remedied by lowering the ground level in the first instance or
by injecting a new dampcourse if the origional has failed.
In all cases the plaster internally may have to be removed if saturated
with hygroscopic salts which in themselves attract more moisture to the wall surface.
This is not always the case and an alternative is to monitor the damp
levels to see if the walls dry out after damp course installation.
Whatever your problem we can provide free advice and surveys.
seven days a week 8 am to 10 pm.
