It was off to the Chocolate Works in York last Wednesday. LHL director and building surveyor Matthew Ward invited me along to talk to the surveying team about damp diagnosis. This is part of LHL’s commitment to continuing professional development, designed to keep the surveying team on a constant learning curve. LHL Group’s York office […]
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Damp. The (very), basic guide. Part 1
06 Feb 11 by
As a damp specialist I get asked about damp all the time. So this post is the start of a short series of plain English articles for ‘normal’ people – not surveyors or other property professionals. To keep things simple, we need to think first about how to limit ourselves to damp which we all […]
Internal vertical DPM’s used in existing buildings to keep out damp; ventilate behind or not?
08 Dec 10 by
Using some form of vertical barrier to hide damp has been around for a long time. Many walls in old schools and churches still retain the dado rails and match boarded linings at their base. Recently, dimpled profile membranes, made by Newton, Delta, Oldroyd and Platon have really expanded into this market. The method involves […]
Electrical Moisture meters in building surveys; unnecessary? or Essential?
05 Dec 10 by
Every surveyor I’ve ever met owns an electrical moisture meter. It makes me think; what did surveyors do before these arrived? The short answer is that they used their eyes. Were their survey reports wrong as a result? I doubt it. So what is the point of these expensive and maligned gadgets? To answer this […]