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Surveys in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Heritage and Design Ltd carries out regular surveys of historic and listed buildings in and around Edinburgh and Glasgow and knows the local materials, construction methods, weather patterns and common defects very well.

We are often given a report from one of the damp proofing companies such as Richardson & Starling, Peter Cox or Wise Property Care, who state "rising damp has been detected through instrumental analysis...." or words to that effect, and that the "damp proof course has broken down".   What rubbish.  They only want the £6,000 - £25,000 fee for carrying out unecessary work to your lovely sandstone home where they hack off perfectly good 100+ year old plaster, drill holes in your beautiful, soft sandstone and apply a membrane and cementitious plaster to your inside walls.  The don't look outside and ignore the leaking downpipe or blocked drain and many other defects.