Condensation affects every property, every person – even the Queen.
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If it “yes” to any of the above, then the first ting to do is buy a humidity meter, place it around the property observing and recording reading at different times of day – visit MouldPoint.co.uk.
Hygrometers are very cheap, from £10 and tell you how well you are doing. Even cheaper, use an old mirror, place it against a cold wall and see if water condenses.
The principles of damp in properties Root cause Damp treatment is most effective and risk free, if the cause is traced back to the source of moisture and stopped. We use a process of elimination. One cause can mask another cause. It rarely takes long to stop water at source, at least temporarily, such as unblocking …
Dry Rot Skirting board – a first floor flat of a mid terrace Victorian property in London Cause of Damp Condensation The London flat had been tenanted and in the sales process a RICS surveyor correctly identified dry rot as a potential risk. The remit was to determine risks and costs. Background the dry rot is …
Dry rot is the biggest concern with any damp property and therefore should be considered in every single damp survey. Dr rot is especially virulent in London, by contrast Rising Damp is not an issue in London and ground water is pumped out. Dry rot spores Dr rot pores are omnipresent, that is the micro seeds …
Yesterday we surveyed two properties both with damage caused by a large chemical damp proofing company. Here’s a snippet of the Plc’s failures. Damp treatment failure Ask for more details of what goes wrong when damp is misdiagnosed and why it causes more problems than it solves. Please add your comments.
24hr turn around Ask us for a Priority Urgent Damp Report (Damp and Timber Reports) Vendors Buyer are unhappy to spend additional money on a damp survey. Builders (damp contractors) offer quotes for works, which they call damp surveys, so what do you expect…. a £10,000 estimate for rising damp and renegotiation. Agents are seeing …
Tenants dry clothes in properties, causing condensation! What can the Landlord do? There is only so much a landlord can do by themselves, to get tenants to manage condensation. At Damp Surveys we have 10 years experience working with tenants and landlords as a team, to reduce humidity, and take out the risk of …
Damp Surveys – problem damp in lower ground floor flat Misdiagnosis An independent surveyor missed the obvious signs of condensation. Sad, because you expect contractors to misdiagnose damp, after all “they are incentivised to sell”. A cold November day, 4 people living in a two bedroom lower ground floor flat, no extractor fan in kitchen nor bathroom …
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