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Building Conservation: Dampness |
Dampness in Buildings EBS provides a full consultancy on damp and damp related problems in buildings, from the diagnosis of rising damp to drying out of fire damaged buildings. Specialist monitoring techniques and monitoring equipment has been developed to assist in this task.  Rising Damp Rising damp is often misdiagnosed and is actually quite uncommon. Building defects leading to bridging of damp proof courses are the most likely cause. Condensation, penetrating damp and historical damp are often mistaken for rising damp. The commonest reasons for misdiagnosis is inexperience, misuse of moisture meters and a vested interest in its positive diagnosis. Common treatments vary, but usually a chemically injected damp proof course is installed, backed up with a waterproof internal render/plaster mix. This is generally not effective, and expensive especially if not needed. EBS will correctly diagnose the causes of damp using a variety of moisture monitoring and sampling techniques and will rely on sound building practice to manage the problem. Generally this would involve the reduction of ground levels below existing damp proof course level. The repair of external defects and possible re-plastering on the interiors if salt damaged plaster is present. A physical damp proof course may be recommended under some circumstances. This is very reliable and cost effective. |
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