By identifying the source of the damp in your home, Dampfinda can correctly select the method to be used for the repairs and therefore achieve the best results.
Rising damp can be prevented from spreading through your substrates before it becomes a costly, unhealthy and unsightly problem. Moisture can enter through the plaster that is making contact with the ground level on the outside of the wall.
The plaster acts like a wick in a lamp, absorbing moisture up the plaster bypassing the DPC. Moisture then moves laterally through the cement between the bricks and appears on the inside of your walls, causing bubbling of the paint on the walls.
The bubbling effect showing on the plaster is actually the salt within the bricks and plaster that is expelled due to the moisture within the wall, causing salt effervescence and pushing the paint off the wall.
Paved walkways around the external house wall may develop gaps and in turn creating a funnel for moisture to enter this gap, allowing moisture to enter below the damp-proof course and thus creating rising damp into the house walls.
There are two option to correct this problem. Fill the gap with Dampfinda’s waterproofing material.
Remove plaster from the ground level to the house floor level and cut a new V-joint (expansion joint), to prevent moisture running over the damp-proof course and up the plaster.
For a free quote and expert advice, please call the Dampfinda office on 043-748-2175.
