| Guide on Dampness |
Dampness can be caused by one of the following:
Leaking plumbing or central heating pipes, wastes or overflows
Rain seeping through the roof where a tile or slate is broken or missing
Over flowing spilling from a blocked gutter, broken gutters or
down pipes
Rain penetrating from around the window or door frames
Rising damp is due to a defective damp-course or because there
is no damp-course.
Rising damp usually appears in rooms at ground floor levels,
and will rise in the walls only to a height of around 1m.
These types of dampness often leave a visual water mark.
If your home is newly built it may be damp because the water
used during its construction (for example, in plaster) is still drying
out.
If your home is damp for any of these reasons it may take weeks
of heating and ventilation to dry out.
If you do not think the damp comes from any of these causes,
then it may be a condensation
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