Rising Damp is found in buildings which were built without a damp proof course or where the damp course has become damaged or perished due to age, It is caused by moisture in the ground rising by capillary action, usually showing up on the wall as a band of damp up to a metre above ground level. There are several alternative methods of damp proofing a building all of which can be carried out by our company. One of the most effective and economical being achieved by injecting under pressure a silicone based chemical into the wall through a series of small holes. When it dries, a water-repellent barrier is left within the wall. It is ususally necessary to remove some of the internal plaster contaminated with salts from the rising damp and reinstate with a salt resistant plaster which will allow the moisture in the wall to dry out naturally.
Chemical Damp Proofing- Archers works include small private contracts from a modest town house, to a national food chain, through to a large disused convent subsequently converted into twelve luxuriously appointed apartments.
A Modest Town House
A National Food Chain,
A disused Convent converted to twelve luxuriously appointed apartments