103N: Rising damp like symptoms – left side
Rising damp like symptoms are not a sign of rising damp. There has to be ground-water below to cause rising damp. Check it first, see how.
rising damp
Hart v Large: legal case
Hart V Large Court, sad for everyone. Award £750K + £15K distress + costs for £1.2M Devon clifftop cottage. Surveyor lost £389K on fee of £600
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.
Damp cases Feb ’21 London
Damp survey cases; London Feb ’21. Rising damp 0%, Rain 42%, Mains leak 12%, Vapour 77%, Hygroscopic salts 15%, Failed damp-proofing 70%
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 …
Damp meters
Don’t be fooled by a damp proofing contractor using a damp meter to diagnoise rising damp. Damp meters can’t determine the cause of damp.