Apartments and Flats: How to Prevent Mould Growth and Damp

Compressor or desiccant? Choose the right type of dehumidifier for your household with this handy guide.

Window condensation is a sign of a humid environment at risk of damp and mould. Prevent window condensation with a dehumidifier.

Read this article to find out how to dry clothes indoors without causing damp and mould.

A simple, long-lasting solution to protect masonry from penetrating damp is the use of a masonry sealant, like Stormdry Masonry Protection Cream. Masonry sealants protect walls against penetrating damp and thus prevent dirt and moisture ingress through rainwater. Stormdry is a cream-based masonry sealant, which protects building materials for 25 years against penetrating damp – with just one coat. The…

Fleas are traditionally active from April through November, but modern central heating has led to them becoming an all year round problem. They spread discomfort, disease and infection that can affect humans and animals. Regardless of the time of year, your home can become flea-free with careful planning and a rigorous treatment regimen!

Traumatic damp is defined as dampness caused by a building defect that lets moisture into the home.

Simply put, a dry wall is a warm wall. When walls retain more heat, houses stay warmer for longer. This reduces the reliance on central heating, which leads to lowered energy bills and reduced household carbon footprints. Stormdry Masonry Protection Cream has been rigorously tested to ensure that it performs as it should.

Now it’s time to analyse damp and mould issues from a housing standards point of view. Anyone involved in the housing industry needs to be aware of landlord obligations, tenant rights and the legal standards that enforce and protect them. So let’s run through the legislation you run the risk of breaking by allowing damp and mould in properties you…

With Tibby Singh and YDC Basements, Safeguard waterproofed a basement at an end of terrace home in Leeds using Drybase Tanking System.

Built in Summer 1940, the Type 26 pillbox is a 6 ft by 6 ft cube just big enough to house 4 soldiers and their guns. The 1 m thick concrete walls were built to withstand a direct hit from a naval warship. 98 tons of concrete went into creating the pillbox. In the 1980s, the whole exterior was covered…

When Emerald Damp Specialists stepped inside a severely damp bungalow in Swindon, they knew they had to help. Along with 70 other companies and over 150 volunteers who donated their time and expertise, Emerald Damp Specialists resolved the extreme damp and mould problems at the property free-of-charge. For this project, ensuring that a valued member of the community had a…

Ashford Beekeeping Club needed an easy-to-apply wood protection. Due to its location, the protection against woodworm, rot and moisture.

As part of the UK Government’s aspirations to become carbon neutral by 2050, measures are being put in place to tackle carbon emissions from properties. London’s homes and workplaces account for 78% of the capital’s carbon emissions, which points to the ever-growing need to address energy wastage from inefficient buildings. One of the ways property developers will achieve this is…

Dryzone Fans were installed in the bathrooms and kitchen of this terraced cavity wall home to handle moisture management demands.

A group of local artists was chosen to redecorate the walls of the structure with an aquatic-themed mural. The mural would make use of the natural colour of the cement rendered portions of the wall to look like the sea bed and the rest would be painted.

Damp-proofing and waterproofing specialists from Remedial Treatment Consultants were also brought in to carry out the installation works.

This Dehumidifier and Air Purifier proactively manages your home's humidity and filters out pollutants like pollen, pet dander and dust.

A liquid polymer additive for Drybase TS-Plus to enable basement waterproofing.

A durable and easy to apply layer for domestic and commercial applications on concrete and brick surfaces.

Fix fleas as well as other crawling and flying insects with new NOPE! Flea Killer Powder and NOPE! Insect Killer Smoke Bombs.

Turn back time and return your well-loved furniture to its original tone, grain pattern and colour. Rejuvenate weathered softwood.

Guard your picnic and protect your kitchen from the summer ant onslaught with NOPE! Ant Killer Reusable Bait Stations and Baited Ant Gel.

Protect and enrich wooden furniture with Roxil Beeswax Wood Polish – the new essential part of your woodcare routine.

Use NOPE! Clothes Moth Traps this Spring to draw out and capture male clothing moths.