Q I am buying a house and the surveyor has stated that the damp-proof course is bridged by render. He found no signs of damp anywhere in the house. Do I need to worry? He suggests the render should be ...

Knowing the difference between rising damp and penetrative damp is key to tackling the problem, and will give you the best chance of getting rid of damp in the home. Rising damp and penetrating damp ...

The next damp proofing training course from the Property Care Association (PCA) is being held in October. Taking place over one and a half days, the Damp Proofing Technicians’ Training Course runs ...

Stephen Boniface, former chairman of the construction arm of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), has told the institute’s 40,000 members that ‘true rising damp’ is a myth and ...

In 1999, the BBC2 programme Raising the Roof caused annoyance within the remedial industry by suggesting that rising damp did not exist, and that it was a concept invented by the industry in order to ...

Nine times out of 10 a building with damp problems will date to before the 1920s when the vast majority of buildings didn't have a damp-proof course (DPC). There are exceptions: some decent builders ...