If you notice damp or bulging walls, it could be a red flag. Find out the cause of the problem before embarking on potentially costly repairs. May Chanikran/Shutterstock Damp problems in a house can ...
A cold snap, rising bills and stale air have pushed households to hunt for fixes that tame creeping damp at speed. Now a nineteenth-century blend from ...
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From cooking to showering and even drying laundry, everyday actions can make some rooms of your room more humid than others.
Imagine unsightly damp patches marring the look of your otherwise beautifully done up house. Does the idea fill you with either disgust or dread? Both reactions would be quite understandable. In fact, ...
As we battle the summer heat, the promise of cool showers keeps us going with monsoons right around the corner. But rains not only bring relief but also spells worries for homeowners. Roof leakages ...
“Many people think of damp as being a temporary excess of moisture in the air, like steam in the bathroom just after you’ve taken a hot shower,” says Gerhard Kotzé, MD of the RealNet estate agency ...
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 ...