The Best Form Of Defence Damp Proofing Walls In Any Weather

Theres been more sun in recent months in the UK than there has been for the last three years at least

. A perfect time, though the thought is probably further away from the collective mind of the UK householder than ever before, for damp proofing walls.

Why? Because, after all this dry weather, the walls one might be requiring to damp proof are in the perfect condition. Theyre dry, which means that damp coursing can be repaired or installed with ease before the actual damp proofing preparation is applied to the walls. One makes hay while the sun shines and one should really attend to ones property and its damp issues while those rays are coming down, too. Why wait until it rains before trying to solve a problem that is caused by rain? Damp proofing walls in advance diminish the drama by orders of magnitude.

Thats not to say, mind that if one fails to damp proof ones walls during a dry spell that one is done for. Far from it modern damp proofing preparations (like the Clearguard and through render supplied by the excellent Apex Coating Services, for example) have a micro porous property that allows existing damp in a wall to leach out and dry while preventing fresh damp from entering. The coats work very much like human skin theyre waterproof on the outside, but they allow whatever is inside to breathe. So a wall coated with either type can still be dried from the inside out it just wont let any more damp come in.

Damp proofing walls, of course, is only the end step in a string of solutions designed to make ones home or property impervious to the insatiable wetness of the British climate. Its an unfortunate fact that the British building industry uses materials that, across the board, are utterly useless at repelling moisture the average brick alone, for example, can and does hold nearly one litre of water.

What a person needs to do, before they get anywhere near the stage of actually treating their walls with damp proof coatings, is to have the damp course of their home examined and repaired. Damp coursing is designed to draw water away from the foundations of a house where it can otherwise settle in standing pools that get drawn up into the walls by the porous action of brick and mortar. Often damp coursing blocks or cracks which is when the moisture starts settling in. Before damp proofing walls, have the damp coursing checked and rebuilt.

When the damp coursing is done (and now, remember, would be a very good time to do it), one can get in a preparation like Apexs Clearguard, which coats the whole exterior of a home in an impermeable, weather proof resin. The costs this can save, over a few years, in terms of prevented maintenance, are astronomical. So make hay, or get damp proofing walls, while the sun still shines. It will be a decision never regretted.

by: Apex Coating

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