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Excellent independent damp surveyor


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I used Keith Gardener when I first bought my place a few years ago, so there's a more comprehensive rec. on here somewhere from then. The house had damp in about 5 different areas. Anyway, what he does is look at the problem and work out what's causing it and the best way to deal with it. A lot of it turned out to be handyman stuff that I hired someone to do for a very reasonable cost- re-rendering an external wall where cracks were letting damp in, repositioning poorly placed coping stones that were allowing rain to drip directly down walls etc. I think Keith really is an expert at getting to the bottom of things.


I called him again a few weeks ago because damp had come back in a room that he'd investigated back then and I'd sorted out. I didn't know whether to invest in a very expensive dehumidifier, re-render the wall or what. When he came round he saw that the wall vent had been closed, my previous tenant must have closed it, and that was what was causing it. I couldn't believe it could be someth?ng so simple but I've checked with the new tenant (she'd complained damp air was making her magazines ripple and the room just felt damp) and she says it seems to have worked.

Professional, and very nice bloke also, genuinely helpful.

He has a website, though it's not a very good one (sorry Keith), so I recommend email: [email protected], though the website is www.independentspecialistsurveys.co.uk

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