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What we survey, treat and repair
Six kinds of damp work for houses, flats, shared houses and cellars across Oxford and nearby towns. Each page covers what the work involves, the situations it suits and the ones it doesn't.
Book a damp survey
Postcode, phone number and a word about the problem. We call back, ask a few questions, and book a visit if it needs one.
Damp in walls and rooms
Damp in the fabric of the house, and the air inside it. When the source isn't clear, the survey comes first, because a line of staining at skirting height can come from a raised path or a split downpipe just as easily as from the ground, and grey speckling high in a bedroom corner is most often the result of condensation.
Damp surveys
Before you exchange, accept a retention or agree to injection work, find out where the water in that Oxford wall is really coming from.
Rising damp treatment
A tide-mark along the skirting is a clue, not a verdict: we prove rising damp, clear whatever bridges the course, and only then treat.
Penetrating damp repairs
The patch that darkens every wet October usually starts at a gutter, chimney or crumbling joint, so we follow the rain from outside in.
Condensation and mould
Black mould behind the wardrobe is a symptom: we trace the cold surface, the weak extract fan and the humidity feeding it.
Timber, cellars and basements
Under the floorboards and beneath the house. Fungal decay and most beetle damage start in wet wood, so the leak is stopped before the timber is judged; cellars and basements are waterproofed following BS 8102, the code of practice for structures below ground.
Woodworm and rot treatment
Flight holes in an old joist can be long dead: we prove woodworm or rot is active and find the water before treating anything.
Basement and cellar tanking
Oxford sits on gravels where winter groundwater can lie under a metre down, so a dry cellar needs the right protection type.
Shall we call you instead?
Your name, number and the property postcode are all we need. A sentence about the room and the wall makes the first call quicker. Or ring 01865 537413.