The other day I visited a local authority house in the North of England. This semi detached bungalow is occupied by an elderly couple. I was asked to carry out a damp survey because of the persistent damp, which had defied numerous attempts to rectify it. Various opinions had been expressed and much work done. […]
Damp – but not rising damp
08 Mar 10 by
Damp specialists like me make money treating damp problems. So it’s good news when a domestic client asks for a survey to ‘quote for the rising damp that the mortgage surveyor has found’. With this open invitation to quote for work, the clients is lining him/herself up for a loss – this is why we […]
‘Hands on’ community training centre opening day
31 Jan 10 by
I had a nice couple of hours on Friday, attending the opening of a new training centre for the Chapeltown community, in Leeds. A dilapidated building was bought for Latch (Leeds Action to Create Homes), and they have transformed it into a bright new resource for local people. I was invited because we’d been involved […]
Rising Damp is a myth?
25 Jan 10 by
Welcome to Doctor Hindlefokker’s dampness workshop. Here you will find out all about the damp – in the house and around the house and under the houses too. As you may already know it has been recently proven beyond any doubt that Rising Damp does not exist. In fact, it has never existed…not ever. No, […]