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Damp in old houses and damp in new ones too – the Safeguard Conference

25 Sep 14 by

UK damp experts meet in London for a conference on the latest dampness news     Damp in old houses and damp in new houses was on the agenda this week at the Safeguard ‘Dampness in buildings conference’, held at the Science Museum in London.   For those who work in the preservation industry, rising […]

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Mould and flooding for the Property Care Association conference

13 Apr 14 by

The Property Care Association conference and AGM from Leeds I recently had the great pleasure of welcoming my fellow Property Care Association members to Leeds for their annual conference. The event was great as it once more highlighted the wide area of expertise within the PCA, its growing influence in the built environment sector and […]

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Damp Specialist or Anti-Damp-Specialist Damp Specialist?

06 Apr 14 by

  Thank you for looking in Paul – I appreciate your input. I’ve looked at your site from a damp specialist view and there is lots of great information there – well done. (for those who don’t know Paul he replied to another post and raised a point about the moisture meter debate… here).   […]

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Rising Damp for beginners – how serious is a rising damp diagnosis

07 Apr 13 by

  Rising Damp for beginners (and homeowners). So someone says your house has rising damp? . This isn’t a post about whether you have rising damp or not, that’s already been done before.  What this post is about is a very basic explanation of what rising damp is and how it happens, what it can […]

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