If you look at any major city in the UK, a big chunk of the housing stock is going to be over 50 years old. Some might even be over 100! So, it’s not really surprising that some properties and their materials might not perform as well as originally intended. 50 years is a long time, and there are plenty of reasons materials would degrade in that time. One of the most common issues we see from this is finding damp where it shouldn’t be - inside the house.
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What is Damp?
If we told you to picture a property with damp, what would you see? Odds are, you’d get an image of a dilapidated, poorly maintained property that no one would want to live in, with black mould climbing up the walls. And there are absolutely cases of damp that are like that. But most damp cases are very different.
It’s an issue that can affect any property, even those that are very well-kept. The owners might not even realise they have a damp issue until it’s time to sell. The good news is, if the people living in the house every day haven’t noticed it, then the damp probably isn’t a big problem. But if you’re a buyer, you still need to be able to check for hidden dampness as it can give you an indication that work will be needed in the near future.
So, what counts as damp? Basically, any form of water ingress within a property that develops as a direct result of a failure of waterproofing to the external envelope, or other failures within the building like plumbing leaks or gutters in disrepair. A big tip-off that hidden damp could be a problem in your home is frequent condensation inside the house, especially when it shouldn’t be there.
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