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Are you looking for Rising Damp Specialists? Kent residents can call the experts. Damp is a very common word especially to those owning commercial or residential properties. One of the common types of damp is rising damp. This affects properties from the lower walls on ground floors. Although it mainly affects older buildings, this type can be very destructive. However, since everything has a solution, you don’t have to strain every nerve working out this problem. We are the top Rising Damp Specialists in Kent, and we can do this work for you in a fraction of time.
RISING DAMP TREATMENT IN KENT
We are recognised throughout the County of Kent as the best providers of rising damp solutions. This is because our treatment methods are better and greatly exceptional as compared to other companies offering the same services around Kent. Our personnel is trained to give the best solutions to every damp problem that exists.
Moreover, we believe that the key to finding the right answer to your problem is first identifying its root cause. After the determination of the cause, we begin our treatments. This may include removing the baseboards or the skirting boards from the area affected with damp or completely hacking off the plaster or render to a minimum of one metre from the affected area vertically as rising damp transfers to encompassing walls. The next step will be injecting a damp proofing resin into the affected areas using our specialised resin or gel. Due to the characteristics the treatment of rising damp starts immediately after application.
All these steps require a professional Damp Treatment Solutions provider and that’s why we are here.
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Rising Damp FAQ’s
What is Rising Damp?
One of the common types of damp is rising damp. This affects properties from the lower walls. Although it mainly affects older buildings, caused by failed or no DPC (damp proofing course) being installed, this type can be very destructive.
Why is it called Rising Damp?
Rising Damp comes from the obvious reason that this kind of damp rises from the soil, when rain falls and the water and soil through capillary action from the ground into the encompassing walls. There are a few Damp Proofing issues that we rectify within our Construction Company based in Northfleet
How can you tell if Rising Damp is within the walls?
Rising damp is observed usually with brown tide marks, discolouration to the walls and/or efflorescence. This occurs as salts in the water remain on the wall when the water subsides from the walls.
What houses are usually subjected to Rising Damp?
Rising Damp is found in houses on the ground floor and in old houses older than 1950’s would not of had DPC (Damp proofing course) installed in the house, or the DPC may of failed if it is old and porous.
Why does Rising Damp spread?
If the area where the house is situated is wet, then Rising damp can spread and rise quickly due to a heavy contamination of chloride, and a medium concentration of nitrate both of which are a hygroscopic salt from the ground.
How is Rising Damp rectified?
In our experienc DPC Resin Injection and necessary Waterproofing applications are the most effective methods to seal brick walls that are suffering from Rising damp, as when the resin is injected under controlled pressure into the structure due to hydrophobic characters of the resin the reduction of damp starts immediately after installation.
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