Condensation and Mould tackled by Property Care Association members

I was down at the PCA headquarters in Huntingdon on Tuesday. The one day course was for already qualified and experienced surveyors, looking to delve deeper into condensation and sharpen their skills in respect of mould. Condensation and mould go hand in hand of course and the PCA have recognised that the issue causes misery […]

Chemical Damp proofing reliability (how DryZone changed the rules)

Warning this post is a bit long (but worth it) . What does chemical DPC injection entail? Well, it’s very simple; masonry is porous and most of it readily absorbs water. There is a tendency for any wall to ‘wick-up’ water from the ground it is built into. We’ve all seen the effects.; Rising Damp. […]

BT Preservation & Brick-Tie reach 26 years of service

It’s amazing to think that BT Preservation was incorporated 26 years ago, it seems like yesterday.   Dad, brother Stuart and I wanted to take our damp proofing firm (Yorkshire Dampcourse), into wall ties and we chose to start a new subsidiary. Brick-Tie Limited was the result and soon we started using the trading name […]

Penetrating damp? – you can avoid this problem with some simple home maintenance

Okay so it’s raining all the time and my phone is ringing off the hook. The thing is though, most of these callers, sought me out because of damp that has just appeared, or got much worse, they don’t need my services – I am a damp proofer and they need a good old fashioned […]

A day devoted to Success through Service

Monday and we were at the Best Western Milford Hotel for a whole day of training. Our usual training day involves wall ties, damp and timber or waterproofing issues but not this one.  Hence we didn’t have it at our unit and chose a nice board room in the Milford hotel conference centre, near Leeds. […]

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