Anglia Decor carried out a full investigation of the building and determined that the high porosity and bad condition of the exterior walls was the cause of the problem. The problem consisted of four main elements:

The damp patches were not drying out, even during the warm and dry summer months. Crawley Borough Council surveyed the situation.

Learn how to understand the underlying causes and symptoms of penetrating damp as well as solutions in this free CPD webinar.

Energy-saving retrofit is the process of installing and/or replacing parts of an existing building in order to make it more energy-efficient. They can be carried out for many different reasons; to ensure the longevity of the building or structure, to reduce the long-term operating costs of heating and cooling, or to reduce the level of CO2 emissions as a result…

Wall ties are used to join the internal and external walls (or leafs) of a cavity wall and are installed during construction. Over time these wall ties can corrode and require replacement – particularly where ungalvanised or inadequately protected steel wall ties have been used.

The use of contiguous / secant piling and diaphragm wall construction techniques to construct retaining walls is common in large commercial basement projects and often an efficient and cost-effective solution. The nature of these construction techniques is such that the only practical option is to apply waterproofing systems to the internal face of the retaining wall in order to reduce…