A typical rising damp treatment would require 28 days for plaster to fully cure and for decorating to be carried out. In this case the owner required that the property be ready for redecoration sooner and the walls be re-plastered to full height for a seamless finish. Due to these requirements the Dryzone System was the optimal solution offering a fast and mess free treatment.
This period fishermans cottage is situated by the sea and is periodically subjected to flooding. Over time this has led to high salt levels in the walls resulting in blown plaster and damaged decoration. Although this wasn’t a standard rising damp job the Dryzone System was deployed as it is highly effective at holding back efflorescent salts in masonry.
A Victorian terraced house in Whitstable was suffering from rising damp and salt damage in the living room. Built of single skin brickwork, and in some areas – such as below the front facing window – the walls had become particularly saturated with damp. The plasterwork had also been damaged throughout by dampness and salts and needed full replacement.
A brick house built in the 1900s had been converted to create a ground floor flat, but the physical DPC had subsequently failed. A quick but effective method of treating the damp and replastering the affected areas was required – Dryzone System provided the ideal solution, resolving the damp problems without causing prolonged disruption.
The Dryzone Express Replastering System was originally developed as a method of replastering salt-contaminated walls as part of a rising damp treatment strategy. However it is just as applicable to replastering over salt contaminated chimney breasts provided that any water ingress has been identified and dealt with.
