DAMP PROOFING

Specialist Damp Surveys and Specialist Damp Proofing Works

Based in Reading, Berkshire, Biocraft offers a comprehensive range of damp proofing surveys and damp proofing services throughout Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and Oxfordshire.

To arrange a specialist damp proofing survey or to arrange a quotation for damp proofing works please call 0800 781 8358 or email survey@biocraft.co.uk.

Biocraft is a full member of the Property Care Association (PCA), the British Wood Preservation and Damp Proofing Association (BWPDA) and the British Structural Waterproofing Association (BSWA). We are Trustmark approved to carry out damp proofing surveys and damp proofing works for local authorities and mortgage companies.

Dampness in buildings

Moisture can enter a building, leading to dampness, through many routes including building defects, poor maintenance and lack of effective damp proofing measures.

Movement of moisture or the presence of excessive amounts of moisture in building materials can result in salt staining, plaster deterioration, or spoiling of decorations. Timbers that are subjected to continual excessive moisture levels are at risk from wood destroying fungi (wet and dry rot).

It is important to determine the source of water/moisture ingress before taking any remedial damp proofing action. There may be one or more sources, such as penetrating damp, plumbing defects, condensation, bridging of the damp proof course (dpc) or absence of effective damp proofing resulting in rising damp.

Images 1-4 The visible effects of penetrating dampness, condensation dampness and rising dampness due to a lack of effective damp proofing measures.

Valuation and building surveys will frequently identify damp in properties and recommend a specialist damp proofing survey be carried out by a PCA and BWPDA approved company. 

The specialist damp proofing survey should identify the possible source(s) and recommend corrective action, such as repairing external/internal defects, reducing external ground levels to below the level of the damp proof course, installing french drains, improving heating and ventilation or the installation of a chemical damp proof course.

Specialist damp proofing surveys should be carried out by a qualified damp proofing surveyor with a minimum of a CSRT (certificated surveyor in remedial treatments) qualification as required by the Propperty Care Association (PCA) and the British Wood Preserving and Damp Proofing Association (BWPDA).

Biocraft conducts specialist damp proofing surveys and damp proofing works throughout Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, and Surrey. To arrange a specialist damp proofing survey or receive a quotation for damp proofing works email Survey@Biocraft.co.uk or call Freephone 0800 781 8358. 

We carry ou damp proofing and specialist damp proofing surveys in Reading, Newbury, Hungerford, Oxford, Basingstoke, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Henley on Thames, Marlow, Slough, Windsor, Ascot and Sunningdale.