Lift Pit Waterproofing Discussion Paper The author Dave Cook is the Managing director and senior surveyor of Cook Group Ltd. He has been in the preservation & waterproofing industry since 1986. He has the C.S.R.T & C.S.S.W qualifications and is also an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Building (ACIOB). Dave is also […]
The toxic mould gravy train which is based on fear and a victim culture
08 Sep 13 by
‘Toxic Mould’ A con of the highest magnitude. As we approach another autumn and winter, condensation and damp derived mould problems will begin to top the table of all damp proofing enquiries, for me, my firm and most others in the preservation industry. This happens every year at this time, so I thought I’d […]
RICS members get the damp and timber surveying treatment via Blue Box Partnership
12 Jun 13 by
I was able to join Blue Box for two of their training events this past few weeks. Blue Box are very active in providing up to date and relevant CPD training for RICS members, usually by RICS members. This time I was along to take one of the CPD slots with a presentation on […]
Rising Damp for beginners – how serious is a rising damp diagnosis
07 Apr 13 by
Rising Damp for beginners (and homeowners). So someone says your house has rising damp? . This isn’t a post about whether you have rising damp or not, that’s already been done before. What this post is about is a very basic explanation of what rising damp is and how it happens, what it can […]
How rising damp came and went and came back again…. and again
11 Mar 13 by
Damp is easy to understand so… why do so many damp proofing jobs apparently fail to deliver a dry wall? Is this really the case or is there something else going on? Some Rising damp tit bits… It’s true, every surveyor I meet has a tale or two to tell of a damp proofing […]