Penetrating Damp Treatments in Scotland and the rest of the UK

What is Penetrating Damp? Penetrating Damp in most cases is caused by water passing through walls from the outside of the property. How to Identify Penetrating Damp ? There are many signs that identify if your property is suffering from penetrating damp, these include: Damaged to decoration – discoloured tidemarks, flaking paint and collapsing wall paper. Damaged Plaster - bubbling, salting and breakdown of plaster. Rotting skirting and flooring – wet rot decay. Confined dampness – Various damp spots that do not dry out Mould Increase – musty smell, damaged decoration.

What causes penetrating damp?

The most popular causes of Penetrating Damp:

Building Problems– defective roofing, cracked or blown brickwork, wrongly fitting doors and windows, damaged or faulty watering system (downpipes and guttering etc)

Lateral Penetrating Damp – caused when the ground from outside when the external wall is above the properties floor level.

Penetrating Damp Survey by Aqua Protection?

Before Aqua Protection commit to any work, a surveyor will carry out a comprehensive inspection to establish the need for and the course of waterproofing required and also:

1. draft a waterproofing system to meet your requirements taking into consideration the demands needed to meet energy efficiency guidelines
2. advise on the most viable financial answer to your damp problem.
3. asses the rot and water infusion caused by the dampness.

Treatments for Penetrating Damp ?

Penetrating Damp can be harmful to the environment within your property however we offer a treatment to stabilize and correct these potentially harmful issues.

The system we offer consist of the application of a elastic and waterproof Therma Pro coating system which we feel is the best way to treat Penetrating Damp. With this solution we provide a protective barrier to you property allowing the substrate to release all water from inside but emit from entering ( similar to your skin) this will then make the area affected or rooms within your property habitable again.

If the problem has occurred due to building imperfections these can be easily rectified, once this work has been carried out and the wall has cured and dried out and free from signs of damage to plaster, then and only then would we suggest you re-decorate

 

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