Rising Damp
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Article by: Alastair Taylor It doesn't sound like a particularly interesting topic, however a quick search on the worlds favourite internet , Constructing Water Walls - A Guide to Common Mistakes search engine will show that in some circles rising damp is a very hot , Constructing Water Walls - A Guide to Common Mistakes topic indeed. The trouble is that it appears that it could indeed be some type of religion or god; does it exist, or doesn't it? The truth of the matter is that rising damp does indeed exist in one form or another, but it is often misdiagnosed, or you can often pay for expensive treatment that really isn't necessary. Rising damp in buildings , How to Change a Rooms Dimension using Wall Pictures may be defined as the vertical flow of water , Gardening - Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping up through a permeable wall , Tuscan Style Decorating - Three Essentials structure, the water , Native Plant and Tree List For The Doylestown Pa. Area being derived from ground water. , How a Good Bedroom Design Can Boost Your Confidence The water , July Garden Chores rises through the pores (capillaries) in the masonary by a process loosely termed "capillarity." In other words the masonry acts like a wick The common causes are deterioration due to age and bridging of a damp course with internal concrete floors, , Japanese Landscaping Growing in Popularity renders or external paths , Tuscan Style Decorating - Three Essentials and earth , Landscaping...How Does Your Garden Grow levels (a damp course is specifically designed to avoid the possibility of rising damp- it is built of a matter of course in all new buildings). If your house , How to Change a Rooms Dimension using Wall Pictures does have a problem (something we will discuss later) then it can cause the following symptons: For inside , Vegetable Gardening Tips At Your Backyard walls
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These problems are mainly aesthetic problems only, however it is conceivable that structural damage could result from extensive rising damp, and of course a damp mouldy environment , How To Grow African Violets could pose a health risk to people. Obviously if you have any of the above symptoms then it is possible that your home , Sky Pencil Hollies Are Used in Lahaska Pa. is suffering from rising damp, and it would be advisable to get an ‘expert' in to look at your home. , Stay Cool and Comfortable While Saving Money However this is where you will face a major problem; who is an expert , and who is just a ‘cowboy' out to diagnose you with the "worst case of rising damp that he has ever seen, which can only be solved with the most expensive treatment on the market"? Unfortunately there are a lot of companies out there who have targets to meet and profits to make, and the way they do this is by over zealous diagnosing, and charge you hefty fees for carrying out work that may, or may not, fix the problem. The major problem is that any damp-proofing salesman that you employ to look at your home , The Secret To Healthier Plants? Le?’s Ask My Grandfather. will use a ‘rising damp meter'. These meters are supposed to measure the moisture , Gardening - Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping in materials, however what they actually do is measure the electrical conductance. The idea being that the better the conductance (the ease at which electricity , How To Grow African Violets flows) the higher the water , A guide to popular bulbs content. However these meters can only be calibrated for one material, and that is usually timber. , Paving Stones So they will give reasonable results for wood , Tuscan Style Decorating - Three Essentials and possibly some plasters, but for bricks, wallpaper and concrete , How A Light Bulb Works and Other Interesting Tidbits they will give readings that are way too high. Thus they can be used (by unscrupulous salespeople) to indicate that you have rising damp "because the meters says so" when in fact you have a perfectly normal wall. , Landscaping...How Does Your Garden Grow In summary if you can visibly see a problem with your wall, , How to Coax Fresh Vegetables From the Garden All Winter Long with obvious signs of damage due to water , Stay Cool and Comfortable While Saving Money or salty tide marks then you may have a problem with rising damp, and you will need to try to find a reliable expert to come in and look at your problem. However be very, very wary of any ‘expert' who has been employed to do a general survey of your house, , Do You Make These Window Replacement Mistakes ? or indeed comes around offering a free check up of your building. , Holiday Gift-Giving and Entertaining Tips with a Personal To If they pull out one of these moisture , How to divide perennials meters, jab it into the wall , Landscaping...How Does Your Garden Grow a few times and declare that you have a major problem, then it is entirely possible that they are a commission based salesperson trying to extract money from you. Generally, if the wall , The Secret To Healthier Plants? Le?’s Ask My Grandfather. looks okay, it is okay. If it looks like it is damp, mouldy or has tide marks on it, then you have a problem with moisture, , How to Coax Fresh Vegetables From the Garden All Winter Long condensation, or rising damp in your home, , Fall Planting and you need to investigate things further. Alastair Taylor runs a DIY website that tries to give the consumer the truth about home , A guide to popular bulbs improvement jobs. Visit http://www.whatprice.co.uk to saves yourself , Introduction to Agriculture time and money |
  
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