Rising damp risk assessment
Rising damp is the upward absorption of groundwater. Groundwater is water under the water-table. If there is no risk of groundwater, then there is no rising damp – end of.
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Damp survey
RICS nor PCA teach surveyors to test damp; holistically, using a root cause approach, based on evidence, against British Geological Survey
102B: RICS surveyor unable diagnose rising damp
RICS surveyor unable to differentiate between rising damp and condensation. There are NO verified cases of a broken DPC causing rising damp.
102A: mould, high CO2, slow extractor, blocked gutter
mould, high CO2, slow extractor, no extractor overrun, blocked gutter, see why and how to solve it.
Email to Steve Hodgson PCA May 2020
The trigger for my email was the PCA claim that a 2.5m high sloping band of hygroscopic salts were an example of rising damp. There are no scientific studies proving groundwater can cause a sloping salt band or that rising damp can be as high as 2.5M. I believe the cause of the salt band …