How to spot rising damp
You have noticed something on your walls that’s not quite right. A patch of paint that keeps bubbling up no matter how often you repaint it. Maybe your wallpaper is peeling at the bottom. Or there are white, powdery marks on the brickwork near the skirting board. Perhaps an area of the wall that is…
Winter Damp Prevention Checklist: Protect Your Home This Season
Damp prevention beats cure. It’s especially true as the cold, dark and wet winter months creep closer. For homeowners in Kent, this is especially true. Their properties endure frequent temperature swings and moisture shifts. As temperatures drop and wet, cold weather moves in from the north, keeping your home dry becomes harder. If you ignore…
Basement Waterproofing Systems: What Kent Homeowners Need to Know
If you own a property with a basement or cellar in Kent or South East London, you’ll know that keeping below-ground spaces dry isn’t always straightforward. Between Kent’s unpredictable rainfall, mixed geology ranging from chalk to heavy clay, and the age of many local properties, basement damp issues are surprisingly common. Victorian and pre-war homes…
Damp walls in Sevenoaks home
Home → Case Studies → Damp walls in Sevenoaks home Issue: Condensation on walls in a tenanted house in Ashford, TN24 Survey Type Booked – Damp – Snapshot as homeowner present. We were asked to inspect the damp walls in a property in Sevenoaks Kent by a homeowner who had lived in the property for…
Dry Rot Repair in Rochester
Home → Case Studies → Dry Rot Repair in Rochester Issue: Decay and possible dry rot repair in a detached timber garage, Rochester Survey Type Booked – Snapshot £95 + VAT Following two or three telephone conversations we were invited to inspect ‘decay‘ to a single-story flat roof garage in historical Rochester. We were advised…
Pre-Purchase Damp Survey
Home → Case Studies → Pre-Purchase Damp Survey Issue: Pre-Purchase Damp Survey Report on a property in New Cross SE14 Survey Type Booked – Damp – Comprehensive with a written report of findings. We were instructed to carry out a pre-purchase damp survey report for a prospective buyer of this beautiful, period, semi-detached house in…