Damp proofing in Strand

Damp proofing should treat the moisture path in the wall, then allow the substrate to dry — not a decorative coat over a wet plaster, and not a retitle of this contractor as a painter.

Damp proofing in Strand is supporting work on this site, not the take-down. People still search it when a wall is wet, when plaster blows, or when a musty room will not dry. The job is to find whether the path is rising, penetrating, lateral, or condensation, then treat that path. It is not a painting company page, and it is not a tin of 'damp paint' rolled over a wet wall. Waterproofing and damp proofing overlap, but they are not the same sentence. A roof membrane is waterproofing. A chemical treatment or a replaster on a rising-damp wall is damp work. Penetrating damp from failed gutters, cracked render or irrigation is often a building-detail problem first. We inspect before we specify. Painting over the stain does not close the path. Older Helderberg masonry, ground levels that have risen against a wall, and irrigation against boundary walls are ordinary reasons this card exists. Those are conditions, not a house-age we invented. There are no prices here. Photos of the wet wall, the suburb, and a site inspection start the quote. Strand and Gordon's Bay damp jobs are considered from Strand.