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Rising Damp – Common Property Defects #1

Friday, 10th April 2015 | by: Steve Hobbs

Rising damp is often first noticed by homeowners when it materialises as distress within the plaster of internal walls, peeling and blistering of wall decorations, and sometimes signs of rot in skirting boards and other woodwork. In some cases dark staining and a tide mark type line is visible. Rising damp occurs when masonry walls stand in water or saturated soil and lack any physical ...

Rising damp is often first noticed by homeowners when it materialises as distress within the plaster of internal walls, ...

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