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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Penetrating damp? – you can avoid this problem with some simple home maintenance
09 Jul 12 by
Okay so it’s raining all the time and my phone is ringing off the hook. The thing is though, most of these callers, sought me out because of damp that has just appeared, or got much worse, they don’t need my services – I am a damp proofer and they need a good old fashioned […]
For Property Care Association Members – It’s safety first
23 Jun 12 by
“You can’t make a cake without breaking some eggs” well so the saying goes. The construction industry. including the damp-proofing and timber treatment section, used to have the same mentality – it was almost accepted that accidents happened and that’s part of life. Thankfully, after years of effort by the Health & Safety Executive, our […]