Damp Proofing in Bournemouth
Diagnosis first, then the right remedial specification — never a blanket injection quote. Surveyed and carried out by our own Dorset-based teams, with a written report and a 25-year insured workmanship guarantee.
Covering Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire
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Damp Proofing written for Bournemouth building stock
Most of the BH1–BH9 housing we survey is 1890–1935 brick with suspended timber ground floors, slate or plain tile roofs, and rear extensions added at various dates. Cliff-side and chine properties additionally deal with severe exposure and, in a handful of locations, movement-related cracking that lets water in.
Damp is rarely one problem. A single wet wall can be rising moisture through failed masonry, water tracking laterally through saturated brickwork, a bridged damp-proof course under a raised path, or condensation collecting on a cold internal surface. Each of those has a different fix, and treating the wrong one is why so many homeowners pay twice.
Local faults that lead to this work
- 01
Raised paths and drives bridging the DPC
Rear yards and side paths built up over the years now sit above internal floor level, taking moisture straight past the damp-proof course.
- 02
Converted flats with sealed ventilation
East Cliff and Boscombe conversions frequently lost their original airflow, and bedrooms now grow black mould on external corners.
- 03
Chine and cliff exposure
Properties above the chines take driven salt-laden rain that finds any weakness in pointing or render.
- 04
Blocked airbricks under bay windows
Bay window sub-floors are the first place we find wet rot when the void has stopped ventilating.
Scope of damp proofing works
Your quotation lists only what your property actually needs.
- Chemical damp-proof course injection to BS 6576
- Removal of contaminated plaster and salt-laden render
- Salt-retardant renders and breathable finish systems
- External pointing, render and ground-level correction
- Bridging removal — raised paths, debris-filled cavities, high render
- Sub-floor ventilation and airbrick reinstatement
Damp Proofing in Bournemouth — answered
Often not. A large share of the walls we survey are wet for a reason that injection would not touch — a bridged DPC, a leaking gully, a failed lead flashing or condensation. We only specify injection where readings and salt profile genuinely indicate rising moisture.
A single wall in an average terraced or semi-detached home is usually two to three days including replastering. Whole-property work runs to one or two weeks. We give you a working programme with the quotation.
New render needs time to cure and release construction moisture. Allow roughly a week per 5mm of thickness before using a mist coat of breathable emulsion, and avoid vinyl papers or oil-based paint for the first few months.
Yes. The 25-year workmanship guarantee is registered against the property, so it passes to a buyer and can be produced for a mortgage valuer or solicitor.
Free damp proofing survey in Bournemouth
A qualified surveyor attends, tests properly and writes it down. No obligation, no sales visit, no charge.
Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire