Rising damp symptoms? See how I find the actual root cause at this property.

As I always say eliminate everything before coming to a conclusion in regards to a damp investigation. As per normal on an older building multiple issues are causing rising damp symptoms within this property. It is essential that you employ an experienced surveyor that identifies defects that are the root cause of rising damp, and actually knows how to repair this type of building sympathetically.
I surveyed another one with similar issues last week, where the specification of repair was to wrap the building up in a membrane, and drill another damp proof course. Unfortunately the silly surveyor hasn't eliminated all potential issues that can cause damp as per BS 6576 (British Standard - Code of practice for diagnosis of rising damp in walls of buildings). Luckily my client got in touch before spending thousands of pounds, on repairs that wouldn't of fixed the root cause of damp.
Biggest tip I can give anybody is make sure when asking for a damp investigation is to make sure you ask for an invasive survey, to eliminate all potential defects to find the root cause. Stay away from cheap non invasive surveys....as these are a complete waste of time!
Stay away from the one trick pony :)
#risingdamp #damptreatment #dampsurvey #diydamp #drainsurvey #Wiltshire #renovation #cctvdrainsurvey #damptreatmentforwalls

[@MrWkdWilly]

Another good one Ross..as you know I got a survey done and every drain knackered (and had been I estimate for about 30 years!).. cheers👍

[@completepreservation]

Thanks Chris…. As you now know need to eliminate the basics bud👍 I’ve got a video I’m posting this week I would really appreciate you watching it and dropping a comment. Simply because I know you were nearly caught with a massive repair price that wasn’t justified 👍

[@MrWkdWilly]

@@completepreservation Of course Mate, I'll keep an eye out for it :-)

[@paulreynolds4055]

Excellent survey again Ross. Great to see such a thorough damp survey. Keep up the good work.

[@completepreservation]

Thanks Paul…. They keep coming 👍

[@davidcoleman6032]

Very interesting video Ross, looks like there's alot to do there! Looks like the building has had years of neglect.

[@completepreservation]

Plenty going on David, that’s for sure. To be fair to them they know there is issues, but at least they will be spending it wisely now. Hope everything is coming together at your house bud 👍

[@davidcoleman6032]

@@completepreservation Yes thanks Ross, slow-but sure.Keep well.😉👍

[@danielkorczakowski9668]

Genuine guy not much of a budget do this first well done

[@completepreservation]

Thanks Daniel 👍👍👍

[@kasper52173]

👍🏾

[@misterp2538]

Hi Ross. Do you cover the Bolton area?

[@completepreservation]

Sorry bud I don’t

[@misterp2538]

@@completepreservation no worries, thanks for the reply and keep up the good work 👍🏽

[@declinescore]

hope that render wasn't keeping the walls up!

[@completepreservation]

The client knocked it off about 2 years ago. Those walls aren’t going anywhere 👍

[@ronangillespie5813]

Hey Ross, what is the detailing for rendering to ground level. I see this much with internal walls dry.

[@completepreservation]

Hi Ronan, do you mean like a bell cast keeping the render above the dpc bud?

[@ronangillespie5813]

No, sorry, thought that might be vague. I mean when is it ok to render to ground level? How do you know when to take the render off?

[@ronangillespie5813]

I will send you some pics, the next time I see this detailing...

[@completepreservation]

@@ronangillespie5813 personally I never render to the ground even when I use lime render bud 👍

[@united9530]

Hi Ross, if ground levels are too high but internal walls are bone dry is their a need to lower the ground levels? Thanks mate

[@completepreservation]

Certainly best practice to. I tend to find all walls that are of solid construction with high ground levels are mostly damp. Perhaps if a modern system is in place isolating the damp that could be the reason why the surface is dry 👍