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, […]
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Damp – on walls, on floors – in houses.
13 Jan 10 by Dry Rot
Damp is a four letter work nobody wants to hear. We all use it, but it can mean so many different things to different people: Stained walls and ceilings Salty masonry and plaster Peeling paint Musty odours Rotten skirting and …mould. In reality, all of these are just symptoms, produced by moisture, being in the […]
Filed Under: Condensation, Damp, Rising Damp, Salt Damp, Surveying Tagged With: csrt, Damp, PCA
Damp houses dressed up as dry houses?
30 Dec 09 by Dry Rot
They are still out there; the ‘property dressers’ that is. These people call themselves ‘property developers’, which implies that they improve or even make something. If this means they make money for themselves, too right – if it means they renovate or physically improve property, well, that’s not always the case. Just before the Christmas break […]