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Damp – on walls, on floors – in houses.

13 Jan 10 by

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: , ,

This is wall tie corrosion – seen through my boroscope

06 Jan 10 by

Boroscopes have been in use across Yorkshire for a number of years. However, they take some getting used to and it’s not surprising that some find it hard to comprehend what a surveyor is describing in his report. This can be especially disconcerting, if a customer is potentially facing an expense for remedial work, especially […]

Filed Under: Cavity Wall Ties, Training

Damp houses dressed up as dry houses?

30 Dec 09 by

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 […]

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What’s broken about damp diagnosis in the UK

06 Dec 09 by

What’s broken? Having listened carefully to the Blue Box seminar ‘shifting the paradigm’ I can say that yes, something about the housing market is broken; where damp is concerned and this was reflected in the presentation by Phil. There was some gnashing of teeth in respect of all the ‘unnecessary’ damp proofing work which is […]

Filed Under: Surveying

The trouble with cavity wall tie surveys and wall tie installers

27 Nov 09 by

Wall tie corrosion has been a big deal in property for about twenty five years.  Initially it was seen as a very specialised area; before becoming old hat – something that anyone could do. If fact, when I started out in the mid eighties, all wall tie work had to be specified by an independent […]

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