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How to Deal With Hiding Damp
One of the traditional methods for 'curing' or, more correctly, masking rising damp is to dry-line an internal wall with plasterboard mounted on a batten frame - leaving a ventilated…
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How to Deal With Rising Damp
Rising damp can be dealt with in one of two ways. In the first, the problem itself is not cured but its effects are covered up by lining the inside…
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How to Control Rising Damp
Rising damp is rather more of a problem: it is more difficult to diagnose and more costly to treat. It is due to the water present in the ground rising…
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How to Deal With Penetrating Damp
Before you take any remedial action against penetrating damp, you should make sure that the cause of dampness is indeed water penetration and not condensation or rising damp. Generally, penetrating…
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How to Avoid Damp Penetration
Dampness in houses can be due to penetrating damp, rising damp or condensation. The treatment for a damp problem depends on which of these three is the cause, so it…