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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How rising damp came and went and came back again…. and again
11 Mar 13 by
Damp is easy to understand so… why do so many damp proofing jobs apparently fail to deliver a dry wall? Is this really the case or is there something else going on? Some Rising damp tit bits… It’s true, every surveyor I meet has a tale or two to tell of a damp proofing […]
Damp proofing starts with good damp diagnosis, especially where I’m concerned….
27 Jan 13 by
Rising damp, penetrating damp or salt contamination? Why is that wall damp? A month of so back I had the great pleasure of Graham Coleman’s company for two days here in Yorkshire. Regular visitors will know Graham, from past posts which he either contributed or featured in. For those that don’t know Graham, he […]