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Health related problems
My thanks to Velux for this fabulous video that is compelling watching. It encapsulates everything that we have been saying about health, and the effects of dampness within the building envelope. What we will be doing is expanding on this - I'm hoping that we can study causes and solutions in much greater depth - but here's the beginning, beautifully filmed by the Velux marketing team.
Damp and Condensation
- Managing Damp in Old Buildings
- RICS Joint Dampness Methodology Statement
- The Fraud of Rising Damp
- The Moisture or Damp meter - Guilty of Fraud!
- What kind of Damp is it?
- Insulation related Damp Problems
- Solving Damp problems in your Home
- All about the PCA
- Technical twaddle taken from Damp websites...
- Peter Cox damp proofing - a massive fraud.
- Peter Cox damp proofing
- The Damp Industry - More about the Con...
- Property Care Association - Rising Damp and Facebook
- SPAB and Rising Damp - How the PCA got to Douglas Kent
- Property Care Association and restrictive practises
- OOps - Rising Damp and Facebook sends the PCA running for the hills...
- More public comments about the CSRT qualification of the PCA..
- Timberwise - PCA member
- Advanced Preservation Specialists Ltd
- Now the PCA is injection damp proofing timber frames!
- Now the PCA are fighting Schrijver!
- The PCA view of Condensation!
- The Damp Con Collection
- Core Conservation and Aquapol
- The Schrijver damp proofing system
- Electro Osmosis Damp Proofing systems - Utter and complete fraud
- Injection damp proofing
- Lectros Electro Osmotic system independent user report
- Lectros Electro Osmotic DPC - failed
- Holland Damp Proofing system - another Con Artist bites the dust
- Hydrotek Wallguard - a serious case of fraud
- Health related problems
- Case Histories
- Damp surveys in London
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Recent News
RICS Dampness Methodology Statement
Some time back, the RICS published a load of stuff about dealing with damp. I was very critical of it.
I'm delighted to say that I was invited to meet up with some of the...
The Haynes Manual for Period Property
Ian Rock has written another of his great books. This one is even better - We've helped Ian with this one and there's loads of photos of our guys doing timber frame work. A great book, with lots of practical information you need if you have an old home. Treat yourself and buy this - you won't regret it!
About Us
The Heritage House brand is Petes brainchild. He lives in a beautiful old farmhouse in Shropshire with mad horse - Lucy. He's worked all over the world on old buildings, and has a strong background in geochemistry. He is passionate about ensuring the 'Rising Damp' myth is firmly buried. Pete has an all consuming project to re-open a Victorian lead mine in the Northern Pennines - digging out and exploring miles of abandoned tunnels in the search for crystal lined cavities...
The website is owned by Campylite Investments Ltd (campylite). Pete and the crew are consultants to campylite.
Disclaimer
Note! The opinions expressed on this website are often Pete's. They are frequently strong, unambiguous, and based on extensive experience of what goes on out there. Pete does not like to see the buying public being conned, defrauded, duped, sold a lemon, given bad or misleading advice, or crap surveys using equipment that is unsuited for the job. If you don't like what is written here - don't threaten us - clean your act up.
Contact Us
Heritage House - Shropshire
Telephone: 01746 862 640 and 01746 233 108
Mobile 07977 48 44 97
York Office:
01904 202 556
London Office:
0203 301 2509
If you have a question, please use the question links in the Knowledge Base:
Our email: peter at heritage-house dot org (not a link to avoid scammers)
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