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 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.
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
RICS nor PCA teach surveyors to test damp; holistically, using a root cause approach, based on evidence, against British Geological Survey
RICS surveyor unable to differentiate between rising damp and condensation. There are NO verified cases of a broken DPC causing rising damp.
mould, high CO2, slow extractor, no extractor overrun, blocked gutter, see why and how to solve it.
Damp survey cases; London Feb ’21. Rising damp 0%, Rain 42%, Mains leak 12%, Vapour 77%, Hygroscopic salts 15%, Failed damp-proofing 70%
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 …
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.