Last week I spent two days in Farnham, Surrey, at the National Flood School. The course was Mould Remediation. I’ve spent many a happy hour learning how to avoid mould growth,by controlling humidity and temperature. Flooding doesn’t respect normal precautions and sadly, mould growth is often a result of any flood, be it ground water […]
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Mould remediation
26 Oct 10 by Dry Rot
Filed Under: Condensation, Damp, Flooding, Mould, Surveying Tagged With: black mould, condensation, Damp, Flooding, Mould, PCA
Using a membrane behind dry-linings, as a damp-proofing method needs thought….
15 Aug 10 by Dry Rot
As a damp proofing specialist I regularly use membranes to avoid damp. However, the use of cavity drain membranes is increasing and on many occasions I find that they are incorrectly specified and cause problems. This is not the fault of the materials, merely poor knowledge of the specifyer. Sometimes a builder, sometimes a customer […]
Filed Under: Condensation, Damp, Materials, Mould, Surveying, Waterproofing Tagged With: black mould, CSSW, Mould, Waterproofing
A damp apartment or just poor ventilation?
15 Feb 10 by Dry Rot
As we are still in the depths of the ‘condensation season’ I thought I’d post up a brief video I shot today. Whilst some surveys do require some head scratching, perhaps maybe a bit of data logging and many measurements, others just need a bit of common sense. This is a typical case from Leeds, […]
Filed Under: Condensation, Damp, Mould, Surveying Tagged With: black mould, condensation, Mould