Timber & Dampness Survey or Defect Survey
A timber & damp survey or dampness survey is our most common type of defect survey by far. A dampness survey is only named so the damp industry can pigeonhole their services. Really, a dampness survey is a ‘defect survey’ using ‘building pathology’ to determine the cause(s) of particular symptoms – such as dampness.
You may well have been asking the wrong question in your internet search. Search for the above terms, you won’t see any damp-proofing companies offering their services.
Damp or preservation companies DO NOT inspect below floors or inspect outside to identify defects. They stop at symptoms they can blame on rising damp!
We will arrive at your property dressed to climb into the attic or below the floors to inspect it completely and fully.
The cost of surveys depend on the size of your property – i.e. how long it will take to examine externally and internally and to examine photographs and site notes and compile the report.
A return of dry rot after a damp-proofing ‘expert’ diagnosed ‘rising damp’ but didn’t check the long-term leaking drains!
How can this be rising damp
when it’s at first floor?
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