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Chemical Damp proofing reliability (how DryZone changed the rules)

19 Aug 12 by

Warning this post is a bit long (but worth it) . What does chemical DPC injection entail? Well, it’s very simple; masonry is porous and most of it readily absorbs water. There is a tendency for any wall to ‘wick-up’ water from the ground it is built into. We’ve all seen the effects.; Rising Damp. […]

Filed Under: Damp, Materials, Rising Damp Tagged With: , , ,

Wall tie replacement and Damp proofing is noisy work. How noisy?

12 Aug 12 by

Okay so this is a technical blog on preservation which includes damp proofing and wall tie replacement, but noise, what’s that got to do with it? I’m just over half way through my Nebosh (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health), general certificate course and for a bit of study I carried out a […]

Filed Under: Cavity Wall Ties, Health & Safety Tagged With:

BT Preservation & Brick-Tie reach 26 years of service

07 Aug 12 by

It’s amazing to think that BT Preservation was incorporated 26 years ago, it seems like yesterday.   Dad, brother Stuart and I wanted to take our damp proofing firm (Yorkshire Dampcourse), into wall ties and we chose to start a new subsidiary. Brick-Tie Limited was the result and soon we started using the trading name […]

Filed Under: 'Woodworm', Damp, Dry Rot, Rising Damp, Timber Infestations, Waterproofing Tagged With: ,

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