Nov 25, 2020 |
In this video you will see some of the stuff I go through on a rising damp survey to find root cause. From aerial cameras, to CCTV drain survey, from wells, to culverts, and land drains. I then run through the gravimetrics, explaining the graphs produced detailing quantitative moisture analysis. BRE DIGEST 245 is the methodology followed, that helps provide factual data along with the survey on how to move forward with repairs. If you need a damp survey this is what we offer. We don’t offer free damp surveys. All damp surveys are charged subject to whats involved. More than happy to discuss your issues, to give you some guidance on how we can help you along with the cost of a... Nov 25, 2020 |
Aco drains are often installed to try and alleviate rising damp issues. What I normally find is that they actually cause more of a damp issue. These are normally installed up against a wall, that will allow water to run through open joints, and prevent evaporation at the base of the wall. Please the video below of a property that had damp issues because of these and also drain issues. I have plenty more like this on my YouTube... Nov 25, 2020 |
Modern masonry paint, high ground levels and cement pointing externally can cause rising damp symptoms to walls. A sympathetic approach is to lower high ground levels, as a minimum remove paint at low level, and replace pointing with lime pointing. This will create evaporation at the base of the wall, and try and control rising damp issues. Please see the one minute video below demonstrating how we achieve this on a a property in Wiltshire.... Nov 25, 2020 |
A very common cause of damp issues, is simply because of high external ground levels. How to lower them is a common question im often asked. Please see the below video where I explain he importance of this, and how we do it. ... Apr 21, 2015 |
Complete Preservation were instructed to carry out a damp and dry rot survey of Bath Abbey using thermal imaging and dry rot search dogs. Charles Curnock and Sarah Jermyn from Bath Abbey are forward thinking, and when looking after such a magnificent prestigious Grade 1 listed building, you need to look for things before they cause serious problems. Predictive maintenance is a must when looking after this type of building, you don’t leave a leak to make its way into the building, especially when its tracking across timbers that could potentially cause dry rot. Complete Preservation offer predictive surveys, this means we can nip things in the bud if they are happening, or even before a small defect externally has caused an internal problem. To carry out this type of survey we use our thermal imaging cameras, and a dry rot search dogs (the beautiful Meg and Jess). Thermal imaging will locate problems that are not visible with the naked eye, if you have a small penetrating damp problem leak 50ft up in the air, no damp meter will reach that high and you can’t check every inch of wall on a building of this size. Thermal imaging will visibly show these areas, images can then be interpreted by us and these can also be stored to check at regular intervals for comparison. There may also be no signs of a leak, but this area is getting wet externally which is making it colder, if an object that’s uniform to other areas this will be noticeably different. No dry rot was noted during the survey, so Bath Abbey... Apr 21, 2015 |
Complete Preservation love a listed building especially when it’s trying to solve damp and timber problems. Complete Preservation are the managers of Devizes Castle, it is essential that we follow a programme of maintenance, simply by ensuring gutters are cleaned on a regular basis will ensure there are no penetrating damp issues that could eventually cause a dry rot outbreak! Prevention is better than cure….this is where we come in. We offer non destructive testing looking for leaks in roofs and penetrating damp through walls. We use thermal imaging to locate temperature differences in building materials that can be checked with our moisture meters. We also use a specialist dry rot search dog company called Enviro-dogs. Mark Dogget has two dry rot search dogs called Meg and Jess that we use for our dry rot searches. Meg recently searched Devizes Castle for us as part of our routine maintenance check, she absolutely loves her job. Dry rot is very destructive and can cost thousands to repair that is why it’s essential on large listed buildings with significant importance to be regularly checked over. Devizes Castle got the all clear from Meg, which was brilliant ruff... 