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  • Album cover: Damp surveys and treatment

    Damp surveys and treatment

  • Album cover: Damp treatment and new toilet

    Damp treatment and new toilet

  • Album cover: Repairs to leak damage

    Repairs to leak damage

  • Album cover: Replacing polycarbonate for solid roof

    Replacing polycarbonate for solid roof

  • Album cover: Emergency plumbing

    Emergency plumbing

  • Album cover: Room renovation and furniture build

    Room renovation and furniture build

  • Album cover: Exterior rendering

    Exterior rendering

  • Album cover: Workshop repointing and timber repair

    Workshop repointing and timber repair

  • Album cover: Renovations and redecoration of multiple HMOs in Brighton

    Renovations and redecoration of multiple HMOs in Brighton

  • Album cover: Rendering

    Rendering

  • Album cover: Locks

    Locks

  • Album cover: Gates

    Gates

  • Album cover: End of tenancy repairs and redecoration

    End of tenancy repairs and redecoration

  • Album cover: Hanging doors and fitting skirting boards

    Hanging doors and fitting skirting boards

  • Album cover: Shed construction

    Shed construction

  • Album cover: Conservatory and flint wall

    Conservatory and flint wall

Serious damp and mould issues from ingress of water because of a broken tile.
Damp and mould issues from water penetration from the roof.
Cold spots around windows attract moist air in a household and condense it causing moisture build up and mould. Improving insulation plus a Positive Input Ventilation system, PIV, can solve this.
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I use thermal imaging alongside visual inspection and moisture meter readings to get a thorough view of where your damp issues are coming from.
Damp often enters a house from a bridged or broken damp proof course, DPC. Bridging can happen when a patio is built next to the wall and above the DPC, it can also happen with cavity debris.
Efflorescence is the migration of salts through the porous material of the wall, remedies include salt treatments and replastering, including the use of tanking slurry.
The patterns of mould from condensation in a bathroom. Inadequate ventilation is normally the problem. The installation of a good ventilator, with a humidistat, normally solves the problem.
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