Help! Damp patches on wall upstairs

[Sazzle30]

Before you do anything get a damp survey and if you do need work doing make sure:

The work is carried out by a Contractor who will fully comply with BS6576 and that they employee a surveyor with CSRT or CTIS CRDS qualifications to carry out the work (and is also a member of the Property Care Association (PCA)).

You would also want the work that is carried out to come with a Guarantee which is insurance backed, able to be transferred to any future owner and that the guarantee covers the workmanship as well as the products used and that the same contractor undertakes the new DPC and the associated re-plastering

This is what we requestred fromn our vendor when we discovered our flat had damp issues that was picked up in our full structural survey (we then had the vendor carry out a damp specific survey to).

[Sandberg1860]

All,

If anyone is in need of any damp survey work, or testing, we can certainly help. Dampness investigation services include the following:

1) Dye testing - coloured dye, chemical tracers (strontium, copper, zinc etc), laboratory analysis of water samples, water composition and tracing, UV dye application

2) Hose testing and flood testing on-site

3) Intrusive investigation work, including the use of a videoscope/endoscope

4) Electronic leak detection on flat roofing systems

5) Damp meter surveys, relative humidity surveys, data logging surveys

6) Material sampling and analysis

All with advice from relevant construction experts within our department. We work on all types of properties and are based in Clapham/Victoria. I myself reside in East Dulwich and can provide a non-chargeable visit to properties around the area to inspect any issues.

Alex Hollyman

Building Surveyor & Facade Consultant

Sandberg LLP

Consultancy Department

020 7565 7062

07500 047 233

[email protected]

www.sandberg.co.uk