Preservation Treatments (Surrey) Ltd.

Sometimes a reasonably dry wall lies beneath inadequate plaster, which may not have been replaced for a variety of reasons, and your surveyor has picked up moisture meter readings because the plaster contains salts which cause it to retain moisture.

Problems can occur when the damp-proofing contractor does the ‘drill-and-inject’ part of the job, and the home-owner gets another contractor to re-plaster. Frequently, the correct re-plastering specification is not used, or the job not undertaken at all! The problem is that when the wall was damp, the plaster absorbed salts. As the wall dries out following the installation of a damp-course, these salts can become more concentrate, and the plaster can look worse that it did before the damp-course was put in.

 

Rok is the largest construction company by turnover to have gone under since the recession began, and the development leaves 3800 jobs in the balance.

There were suggestions that many home insurance contracts could be affected by the administration. SME's such as DWCUK will be looking to assist policy holders and insurers with the repairs and refurbishments following water leaks and the associated damage water caused.

Preservation Treatments welcomes Mark Lovett, CSSW  to the team. A personable and vastly knowledgable surveyor, Mark will add his vast experience of damp proofing, timber treatments, structural waterproofing and structural reinforcing to our team of expert surveyors.

Mark has been bought on board to help fill the gap left due to the retirement of the highly respected Keith Corridon.

Preservation Treatments have achieved the hard earned status of Sika Recommended Contractor after many years experience of using Sika products.

http://www.sika.com/en/solutions_products/projects_new/water_industry.html

Our Surveyor, Bob Bowdler has been hard at work again. Today we launch a video on YouTube where Bob shows you what he and his endoscope get up to when carrying out a wall tie survey at a clients property.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpx8CBPRiuo

In the 3rd part of the series of films by Bob Bowdler, his team of DWC technicians install new stainless steel wall ties and grout helical bars into a crack before neatly repointing. The resulting repairs are very discrete and are a fantastic way to maintain the structural integrity of the property.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpCoyHdI2xg

Preservations Treatments have launched their own blog page to their website. We hope that our site users find our blogs interesting and informative.

Bob Bowdler is the author of this informative new video. Please follow this link to view a cavity wall tie inspection 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DSykdqREnM