Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally 15:28 - Nov 5 with 3817 views | stickymockwell | I've just had a survey done on my house and it needs sorting and I've agreed with the buyer that I will pay for it. Does anyone have a rough idea what a 2 bed semi will cost? It's just low level damp but the house is over 500 years old. | |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 16:51 - Nov 5 with 3733 views | Sacrebleu | Grade 2 listed ? That gets a whole lot more expensive. | | | |
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 17:32 - Nov 5 with 3719 views | factual_blue | If you give me £20k I'll have a bash. Not done it before, but you've got to start somewhere. Cash up front please to the Factual Bank of St Lucia. | |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 18:02 - Nov 5 with 3703 views | itfcjoe | We use Promark, they are very reasonable. Phil is the main guy there | |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 18:09 - Nov 5 with 3696 views | stickymockwell |
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 18:02 - Nov 5 by itfcjoe | We use Promark, they are very reasonable. Phil is the main guy there |
Cheers I'll give him a bell. | |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 18:32 - Nov 5 with 3676 views | lowhouseblue | if it's 500 years old proceed very carefully - injecting stuff is often not the right answer. If it had been damp for 500 years it wouldn't still be standing - it's likely that something done more recently is the source of the problem. using modern treatments that risk trapping damp may make things worse. increasing breathability and removing modern impermeable stuff may be better. it wasn't built with a damp course and treated properly it probably doesn't need one. | |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 19:47 - Nov 5 with 3631 views | clive_baker | Heard Maljon are decent | |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 19:57 - Nov 5 with 3619 views | fabian_illness | https://www.tflower.uk Tony Flower has done work for us for years. | | | |
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 20:34 - Nov 5 with 3589 views | dickie |
My folks used Tony in their old victorian place in trimley. We had him do a survey for us on a property we considered buying, he was very good, very honest | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 20:42 - Nov 5 with 3578 views | Keno |
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 18:02 - Nov 5 by itfcjoe | We use Promark, they are very reasonable. Phil is the main guy there |
no wonder he didn't get time to do a proper report on Wilnis getting a new job if he's moonlighting as a builder!! [Post edited 5 Nov 2018 21:10]
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 20:42 - Nov 5 with 3578 views | itfcjoe |
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 19:47 - Nov 5 by clive_baker | Heard Maljon are decent |
We've also used them and they were good too. | |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 20:58 - Nov 5 with 3566 views | Funge |
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 20:42 - Nov 5 by itfcjoe | We've also used them and they were good too. |
Tony Flower down in Fuluxstoo are also pretty good, altho a tad pricey. Oh, they're now based in Ransomes. Apols Budgycrusher, missed your post unut. [Post edited 5 Nov 2018 21:00]
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 01:06 - Nov 6 with 3431 views | Guthrum |
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 18:32 - Nov 5 by lowhouseblue | if it's 500 years old proceed very carefully - injecting stuff is often not the right answer. If it had been damp for 500 years it wouldn't still be standing - it's likely that something done more recently is the source of the problem. using modern treatments that risk trapping damp may make things worse. increasing breathability and removing modern impermeable stuff may be better. it wasn't built with a damp course and treated properly it probably doesn't need one. |
Alternatively, with some historical building materials, drying them out completely can cause problems. Clunch is a stone used in old cottages on part of the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border (Burwell Blue will probably have heard of this). When modern central heating was fitted, they dried out and began to crumble. | |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 08:24 - Nov 6 with 3324 views | uefacup81 |
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 18:32 - Nov 5 by lowhouseblue | if it's 500 years old proceed very carefully - injecting stuff is often not the right answer. If it had been damp for 500 years it wouldn't still be standing - it's likely that something done more recently is the source of the problem. using modern treatments that risk trapping damp may make things worse. increasing breathability and removing modern impermeable stuff may be better. it wasn't built with a damp course and treated properly it probably doesn't need one. |
I agree with this entirely. Regardless of the age of the property, there is a skepticism within the surveying industry over whether 'rising damp' is as big an issue as damp-proofing contractors would have you believe. As Lowhouse says, if the damp was endemic over the 500-year life of the property, it's likely you'd be looking at bigger issues than some damp. Chances are that the damp is as a result of lifestyle, or modern alterations to the property. Where has the damp been found? Depending on the location, there's more than a good chance that it could be condensation-related. | |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 08:50 - Nov 6 with 3305 views | lowhouseblue |
Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 01:06 - Nov 6 by Guthrum | Alternatively, with some historical building materials, drying them out completely can cause problems. Clunch is a stone used in old cottages on part of the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border (Burwell Blue will probably have heard of this). When modern central heating was fitted, they dried out and began to crumble. |
indeed. buildings survive for centuries because putting all their different parts together they work harmoniously. the materials breathe, chimneys etc provide ventilation, the walls absorb and then release moisture. mess with one bit of that system and you can do great damage. clunch is hydroscopic so if you seal it off from all moisture - either through an unventilated centrally heated interior or through modern impermeable materials and treatments - you will have problems. | |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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Can anyone recomend someone/business that can do damp course locally on 09:24 - Nov 6 with 3254 views | uefacup81 | Also, I'd be inclined to ask whether a surveyor recommending a DPC on a 500-year-old Grade II listed building has the necessary skills and experience to be surveying and commenting upon buildings of this age and type. Before you set out to have expensive (and potentially futile/damaging) works undertaken, it might be worth seeking the advice of an independent surveyor to see what they make of the situation. | |
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