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What does hygroscopic mean in terms of building materials? All traditional building materials are hygroscopic. Hygroscopic means “water seeking”. So brick, plaster, stone and wood will naturally absorb water and the amount of water absorption will vary depending on humidity or vapour pressure. In old buildings with rattly old sash windows and open fireplaces andContinue…
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When we talk about rising damp we are talking moisture from the ground that rises up into a wall, through the capillaries in a brick or stone, that is in contact with the ground. True rising damp will only affect the first two courses of brickwork or just above that are in contact with theContinue…
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English Heritage Practical Building Conservation – Building Environment This books looks at the interaction between building materials and systems and the surroundings and how this may to deterioration, outlining the evolution of building envelope design and environmental control systems. It presents way of assessing remedial treatments, and includes discussion on occupant health and sustainable retrofitting.Continue…
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There is no such thing as a free damp survey. If you are offered a free damp survey or one that costs only a couple of hundred pounds, on the basis the fee will be refunded if any works are required, then it much is more likely that the damp surveyor works for a timberContinue…
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Heritage Damp Specialists was founded with the belief that there is a real need for an independent and impartial damp consultancy firm. The director and founder is a highly experienced MRICS Chartered Building Surveyor and Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers, with over 20 years of experience in undertaking full structural surveys onContinue…
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