Rising damp is a critical deterioration process in both historic and modern masonry structures, driven primarily by the capillary uptake of groundwater through porous building materials. This ...

Nicholas Donnithorne, UK technical manager at Peter Cox, explores how landlords can identify, prevent, and address damp issues in older UK properties, particularly in response to increasingly wet ...

You know what they say: prevention is better than the cure. And after numerous cold and wet winters, scrubbing mould off my walls and dealing with damp patches in my old Victorian home, I’ve decided ...