Rising Damp: Hazardous for Health

class="googleright">your property is suffering from any of these
Living in today’s modern world, dampsymptoms, then it is likely that you have a rising
solutions are an essential clean living process and indamp issue.
many cases building or home owners may be livingRising damp is not only harmful to the fabric of the
within a very unhealthy environment.building, but it is also harmful to the occupants of the
Flaking plaster, spongy soft feel to the wall, whiteproperty as damp spores can be inhaled and cause
powder or crystals appearing on the wall, lifting andserious health problems. Rising damp usually occurs
stained wallpaper, tarnished walls, skirting and floorwhen unprotected porous materials (e. g brick and
board rotting, these are all signs of rising damp and ifstone) come into contact with damp earth.