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Free Damp and Timber surveys – I was wrong all along.

07 Mar 10 by

I’ve been a damp and timber specialist for 34 years – starting work with my Dad’s old firm in 1976. I actually started surveying houses for damp and timber infestation problems in 1980.  I don’t know how many surveys I’ve done since then, but I do know that it is considerably more than 10,000 and […]

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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 […]

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