Advice on damp walls

Compare injection, drainage, ventilation and wall drying devices by purpose, installation and the additional work included.

Understand rising damp, the observations worth recording and the checks to make before choosing a treatment for damp walls.

More clients, revised prices or a new service: three growth levers for a construction business. Why rising damp treatment is one of the easiest to add.

Behind a lining fixed over masonry that draws water up from the ground, boards fail from the bottom. The plasterer's method: open the wall, treat it, let it dry, then line it back up on a frame.

Damp proofing without injection remains entirely possible. However, the methods differ a lot. Here is what exists beyond resin injection.

A wall drying device acts on the water held inside the masonry. The right model depends on distance, power supply and wall construction.

Resin injection and a wall drying device both target rising damp. However, one builds a barrier while the other acts on the water.

Read the tide mark, move the furniture, air the room properly, then treat the masonry: the order that works on damp bedroom walls.