Does your property suffer from penetrating damp?

Does your home suffer from Mould, mildew, condensation or dampness? Our wall coating and DPC injected chemical damp proof course services can permanently cure these defects; why not read this article to see what can be done about damp homes?

All of our Never Paint Again products will permanently cure penetrating damp in your house or commercial building.

One of the main causes of penetrating damp is the occurrence of spalling brickwork, cracked cement render or pebble dash, or the face of bricks blown and detached from the surface, allowing water to soak into brickwork or substrate.

FACT: Each brick can hold up to 1.5 pints of water.

Warm air inside and cold air outside causes an "osmotic" action which means that the water is drawn through the wall via "capillary retraction" causing internal damp. Porous brick can act as a "sponge" drawing in many litres of water into the microscopic holes without increasing in size.

This is commonly known as penetrating damp.

Damp getting into internal walls causes the plaster to break down, surface cracking, flaking and a spongy texture to the surface. These are ideal breeding conditions for black spot mould and mildew which may cause health problems especially to the very young or very old or to people who suffer from respiratory impairments such as asthma or bronchitis.

Cement render/ Tyrolean/Pebbledash and Spar dash are usually used to cover up spalling bricks The main problem with these is that all are water based and are virtually concrete "sponges". Each square yard can hold up to 1 Gallon of water and the bricks beneath can hold up to 1.5 pints each. The sponge effect we have talked about will cause penetrating damp.

Rain Penetration into Masonry (Penetrating Damp)

Rain penetration into masonry (penetrating damp) can occur in buildings of all ages.

At its most obvious, it penetrates right through the wall and is visible as a damp patch on the internal wall. However, rainwater penetration can be damaging to a property, even if it does not penetrate all the way through a wall. For example, moss growth, increased heat loss, and frost damage can be caused by rain penetration into masonry.

So what can I do?

NEVERPAINTAGAIN wall coatings are flexible and micro porous, acting like a tough skin when applied to exterior wall surfaces. Water and rain cannot pass through to the brickwork ensuring your walls dry out, and then stay dry.

We even offer a guarantee for 15 years that this will not happen again.

As our range of wallcoatings act in a similar fashion to the human skin (allowing moisture out, but not in) any water vapour trapped in the bricks will pass through to the outside allowing the walls to breathe and therefore to dry out. This eliminates penetrating damp, cracked and blown render, and also protects interior plaster and decorations from further damage, so as you can see, although instances of penetrating damp are certainly cause for concern, there is no instance where we cannot help you, and permanently cure your problems.

Rising Damp

Walls can become damp from the foundations upwards if a damp course has been breached or if no damp course exists, especially on older properties. The capillary action of the brickwork allows water at the base of a property to permeate to the brick course above and therefore dampness will rise up the walls.

What are the problems are caused by rising damp?

Rising damp will continue and cause dampness inside the property ruining décor furniture and causing rotting in the fabric of the property. If you have rising damp in your home, get it attended to by us as soon as possible. THE LONGER YOU LEAVE IT, THE WORSE IT WILL GET.

What can I do about it?

After repairs or after renewal of the damp course, NEVERPAINTAGAIN high performance wall coatings applied to your exterior walls will allow the damp to disperse to the outside but would protect against rain and damp being absorbed back into the walls, therefore the property would be allowed to dry out.

In summary, our NEVERPAINTAGAIN range of clear and coloured masonry wall coatings can permanently cure ALL instances of damp, no matter how bad, even fn the building has been empty for years. Please go to the Contact page and request details from us about how we could help you solve your problems. All materials used by us are of the highest quality and we believe are the BEST products of their type. No matter what problems you have with your house, we can cure it.

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