MVHR insulation
I was in a meeting for the Existing Homes Alliance Cymru and we had a good presentation on the Project CALEBRE research from Loughborough University. One of the issues that they had in their work reminded me of another couple …
Month: March 2013
Walls adjoining houses – a source of damp
Many homes have garden boundary walls that butt into the main external wall of the house. The continuity of the materials can look really attractive, especially where it is an old stone wall. There can be complications though with the …
Sagging roof?
One of the great joys of thinking about buildings is that you tend to remember to look up. So many of our high streets are regarded as being the same these days, but a glance above the signs that carry …
Chemical damp proof course holes
As you may have gathered by now I have an issue with damp proof courses in older walls, however they do have their place and one of these is in brick walls. Here damp proof injections stand a chance of …
Paths and damp
One of the most common forms of damp in buildings can be quite difficult to diagnose. It revolves around floor levels. If your external floor level is higher than your internal floor levels it can bridge across the damp proof …