Damp and Timber Survey & Specialist Damp Reports
Independent Damp and Timber Survey and Damp Reports -The Home of Independent Specialist Damp and Timber Surveyors Where you get Honest, Practical Advice on all Aspects of the Diagnosis and Control of Dampness and Timber Decay.
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We Have Been Carrying Out Timber and Damp Surveys Including Pre-Purchase Damp and Timber Reports Services throughout the UK for Well Over 40 YEARS. We Carry Out Comprehensive Specialist Damp and Timber Reports on Behalf of: Homeowners, Buyers, Sellers, Solicitor’s, Mortgage lenders & Re-Mortgage Equity Release Funding Companies.
Damp and Timber Survey Specialists
Damp and timber survey specialists correctly diagnosing rising damp, fungal decay (wet & dry rot), wood boring insects (woodworm), condensation & penetrating dampness.
Specialist Damp and Timber Reports
Specialist damp and timber reports come complete with recommendations for any damp proofing & wood rot repairs flagged up during a damp proof survey / inspection. Adept UK damp surveyors are registered (C.S.R.T.) (C.T.I.S.) accredited, qualifications recognized by the (P. C.A.) Property Care Association.
Comprehensive Damp and Timber Reports
Independent damp surveyors undertaking comprehensive damp and timber reports which will accurately diagnose any dampness or wood rot issues together with chemical free, eco-friendly cost-effective sustainable solutions. Therefore, avoiding costly & unnecessary, chemical damp proof injection treatments offered by many remedial damp proofing & woodworm treatment companies.
If you’re looking to buy a property or you are a homeowner and currently in the process of selling your home, and need to know how to get an independent damp proof survey completed then simply get in touch.
Independent Mould and Damp Surveyors
We are your ideal local independent mould and damp surveyors who can investigate and deal with all damp proof course & wood decay issues.
We are recognized as one of UK’s most established and respected independent damp proof and wood-rot specialists in surveying and correctly diagnosing damp & timber decay problems, providing chemical free cost-effective solutions and treatments for controlling the presence of rising dampness, woodworm, wood rot and other forms of fungal timber decay found in properties by damp companies
Specialist damp proof survey & pre-purchase damp and timber reports for the purchase of a new house & for mortgage companies or other home loan providers, to help buyers decide whether to proceed with the house purchase or negotiate the sale price of the house / flat before exchanging contracts on the property.
Our comprehensive damp and timber reports come complete with recommendations for any remedial damp and timber treatment work which are usually chemical free, environmentally friendly solutions.
How Do I Get a Specialist Damp and Timber Report? or Where Can I Get a Damp and Timber Survey From?
How Do I Get a Specialist Damp and Timber Report? or Where Can I Get a Damp and Timber Survey From? Questions which arise most days from homeowners, and when people are either buying or selling a house. There doesn’t have to be a damp problem for a specialist PCA damp & timber survey with report to be requested by banks & mortgage lenders.
Many of us don’t buy and sell houses every day, so when a specialist Property Care Association (PCA) damp & timber survey or a PCA damp & timber report has been asked for by mortgage providers many people just don’t know where to turn which can leave some clients open to mis-diagnosis of dampness & decay by unqualified damp proof surveyors & contractors.
If your looking to book a damp and timber survey with report regarding signs of rising damp, wood decay or woodworm in your area, then please get in touch with our locally based & registered damp surveyor to book your damp survey and arrange an appointment.
Adept UK independent woodworm specialists & rising damp inspectors also provide damp and timber report services for property owners applying for equity release loans who require a damp-proof course assessment and walls testing for damp where high damp moisture meter readings were recorded to the base of ground floor walls and visible wetness noted to the chimney breasts, following a full structural home buyers survey.
Adept UK Damp Surveyors are Accredited Certificated Surveyors & Experts in Remedial Damp and Timber Treatments (C.S.R.T ) qualifications recognised by the Property Care Association (P.C.A) Formally known as the (BWPDA) (British Wood Preserving & Damp Proofing Association).
Damp and Timber Surveyors
Damp and timber surveyors surveyors will go through a damp and timber survey with you, correctly diagnosing an issue, and guide you through any damp-proof course or wood rot problem. Our damp surveyor will then explain the course of action and methods used to correctly remedy / cure any condensation, humidity, damp mould & timber decay, issues that’s been identified.
Independent damp surveyors can also inspect & report upon any remedial chemical damp-proof injection & timber treatment work, which may have been recommended during a PCA timber survey or in a specialist PCA damp report, and where work has been previously installed by the company and subsequently guaranteed for dry rot, woodworm & rising damp by Property Care Association (PCA) registered damp proofing and timber treatment companies.
Damp surveys are undertaken by damp specialists are usually requested by mortgage companies and banks and building societies as a condition of a mortgage offer being accepted so that they can be sure that the structure of property is free from rising dampness, wood boring insects, and wood rotting fungi.
However you may not be selling or buying a property, and therefore do not need to arrange a pre purchase damp and timber report for mortgage purposes, then we can still help with our trouble shooter survey. Independent damp-proof course surveyors can organise brief damp and timber surveys on your home to give you peace of mind.
Adept UK Damp and Decay Specialists
Adept UK Damp and Decay is a specialist damp report company with surveyors that specialise in diagnosing and locating the source of damp. We have protected buildings against damp and mould for over 40 years.
Mould and damp specialists carry out combined damp and timber surveys and independent rising damp and woodworm reports. We also carry out damp-proofing, woodworm and timber decay treatments along with alternative chemical free environmentally friendly treatments for curing dry rot and dampness.
Most requests for an independent damp report usually include householders, rented out homes for private landlords, commercial premises, building contractors, mortgage brokers who need to organise a damp & timber report for mortgage and re mortgage purposes.
Re-Mortgage Surveys
An independent damp surveyor can also carry out damp and timber surveys for re-mortgage and equity release companies who sometimes require mortgage rising damp treatment and retention works to be undertaken in a house as part of the mortgage loan conditions.
A specialist damp and timber survey with a damp report for mortgage purposes will satisfy the mortgage lenders on any dampness or timber decay problems found in a property.
Damp and timber experts provide wood decaying and damp control advice on how to cure rising damp, treat woodworm, dry rot repairs, timber decay and condensation dampness.
If you need to get a damp and timber report for a new house / flat purchase then I’m sure our damp specialists can help you through the process.
What can I do after receiving a disappointing damp report?
If a specialist damp report comes back with worse than expected results and serious issues, there’s no need to worry. Many damp issues can be fixed relatively easily and this may not necessarily cost you anything.
It’s likely that a damp and timber report will have been undertaken before you physically pay for the property and at this point, you’re still able to reopen negotiations based on the damp-proofing survey and specialist written damp-proof course report.
Before you proceed with your house purchase, look at the damp & timber survey inspection results and assess how much any damp-proofing treatment and other repairs which has been identified, and how much is it going to cost to make the property free from damp & decay.
You can then discuss the findings of the surveyor’s damp-proof course report with the local estate agents and get their opinion on how to move forward. Although the current homeowner is under no obligation to drop the price of the property, you’re also not obligated to go through with the sale of the house until contracts have been signed and exchanged.
Therefore, you should work with the vendors to find a middle ground that you’re both happy with. This may either be that the current owners get any damp-proofing & timber treatment contractors work done before you move in, allowing them to get the best deal they can on the damp contractors work whilst still receiving the original accepted offer.
Alternatively, the homeowner may reduce the offer by the cost of any specialist woodworm treatment & rising damp treatment so that you can complete the specialist damp-proof contractors work yourself once you’ve moved in.
It’s worth noting that in many cases, you may have to accept some of the cost for the damp-proofing & plastering repairs provided from rising damp & woodworm treatment companies.
You’ll need to assess whether these damp & wood rot repairs are still in line with the overall value of the property and whether or not the property will be worth the investment once the damp and wood rot repairs have been performed by rising damp companies.
What is a Damp Timber Report & What is a Damp Timber Survey?
A damp and timber report is a specialist survey completed on a property by damp-proof course companies to establish whether wood-rot & damp is present, and if so what type of damp or decay it is.
A specialist damp survey for a property sale involves damp specialists checking external ground levels and inspecting sub floor timbers for the presence of wood-rot decay and any woodworm beetle infestation that could otherwise compromise the structural integrity of a building.
Need an Independent Damp Timber Survey?
- Damp reports are a great way of ensuring that your property is protected against any suspected woodworm infestation, wood rot timber decay, and rising dampness particularly where basement flats and cellar sub floor timbers are concerned.
- Roof timber survey / inspection services, loft timbers inspected for wood rot, dry rot, wet rot & beetle infestation (woodworm) due to water damage & leaking roofs.
- A damp report on a property can also be used to speed up the claims process in the event of an insurance claim for dampness, wood rot decay repairs which may have been caused by water damage & other building defects.
- Damp and timber reports for a house purchase can be used to generate specifications for PCA registered & approved damp treatment specialists & woodworm treatment companies to follow when carrying out damp-proofing and timber treatment works, which are invariably recommended after a PCA pre purchase damp and timber survey & report has been compiled.
- Damp and timber inspections for buyers and homeowners of all types of houses & flats will also find Independent damp & timber survey services highly beneficial when selling or buying a property as it will give prospective purchasers peace of mind and therefore speed up the purchasing sale process. If a problem is uncovered however, the homeowner then has the opportunity to remedy the situation by carrying out any damp-proof course repairs before marketing the property saving any last-minute delays in the sales process.
- An Independent damp and timber survey is an ideal means of avoiding situations where bad advice is given by unqualified damp-proofing specialists & timber treatment companies therefore giving you peace of mind that the information you receive during a damp-proof course assessment / inspection is given impartially with no vested interest in finding work to profit from.
- Rising damp specialists can also inspect & report upon any chemical damp-course injection & timber treatment work, which has been previously treated and guaranteed by PCA registered damp-proofing and timber treatment contractors & local building companies.
- Damp and timber survey & damp report report undertaken by independent damp-proof course specialists who are experts in remedial treatments (C.S.R.T ) qualifications recognized by the Property Care Association (P.C.A.) – including; banks, building societies, mortgage lenders and re-mortgage equity release companies.
A damp & timber report for mortgage loan purposes is usually required before exchanging contracts on a property.
A PCA specialist damp and timber report for mortgage purposes may be recommended by mortgage lenders, even when a Home Buyers Survey & Report has already been completed. This is because damp and timber reports are completed by damp & wood rot experts with a great deal more experience within this area than a chartered building surveyor.
Risks associated with damp and timber decay problems can be severe enough to warrant specialist a damp and timber / woodworm report from a C.S.R.T qualified professional that can deliver the information and damp-proof solutions required.
Whatever your needs, whether you’re in the process of selling / buying a new house? then I’m sure our damp and timber survey with a written report will help you move forward with your purchase / sale of your house.
We currently offer two damp & timber survey/quotation options plus our Trouble -shooter 2 option
Timber treatment specialists & damp surveyors (C.S.R.T.) a qualification which is often a requirement necessary for wood rot & damp reports to be accepted by mortgage lenders, banks and building societies.
Independent damp surveyors are specifically trained and qualified to carry out damp surveys and rising damp assessments of all types of dampness and timber decay problems when surveying a property.
Damp specialists will provide an accurate diagnosis of the actual cause, not just identify the presenting symptoms.
Incorrect Diagnosis of Dampness
Incorrect diagnosis of dampness is one of the biggest areas of concern to homeowners, buyers and sellers in the UK. When purchasing a property, a building survey is advisable, and it often highlights that at a PCA timber and damp survey is recommended.
This is often then a condition of a mortgage. The recommendation of needing a damp and timber report can be worrying, but by obtaining an independent survey and a comprehensive but easy to read report gives you peace of mind as there is no motive to recommend costly rectifying works when they may not be necessary. Many properties which Adept UK damp specialists have inspected, having been told they have a history of dampness are actually fine.
Failed Damp-Proof Course Treatments
Past damp-proof course treatments carried out by rising damp & woodworm treatment treatment companies, have proved ineffective simply because either the damp or woodworm problem being treated did not exist, or because the cause had been misdiagnosed by damp & woodworm treatment treatment companies.
For example, dampness at the base of a wall can be caused by moisture descending unseen through the core of a wall until it reaches an impervious layer, such as a physical damp-proof course or a previously injected chemical damp-proof course, forcing it to spread outwards. Re-injecting a chemical damp-proof course, at additional cost, will not cure this problem.
Commission-based surveyors or “salesmen”
Some estate agents have arrangements with damp and woodworm treatment companies, where a damp-proofing company carries out a damp & timber survey. These timber surveys and damp-proof course reports are usually ” cost free ” and conducted by commission-based surveyors or “salesmen” who will, after checking the timbers and testing the walls for damp, submit an estimate along with a damp-proofing and woodworm report which invariably includes the cost for a chemical injected damp-proof course & a price for timber treatments for wood boring insects to the whole house.
Much of this work is unnecessary as rising dampness is often assumed to be the issue when in fact it may be penetrating damp, or condensation due to raised external ground and tarmac path levels etc., these two problems can usually be remedied at a fraction of the cost of remedial works.
Similarly woodworm and fungal infections such as wet and dry rot are usually confined to damp timbers and can be controlled by the removal of dampness without resorting to the use of toxic chemicals recommended by damp treatment companies.
Damp and timber report undertaken before purchasing
Instead of waiting for a purchaser to have a ‘free damp and timber survey’ it would be considered prudent, for any homeowner selling their property, to have their own independent written damp and timber report undertaken to find the full extent and costs of any suspected rising damp, woodworm, & timber decay treatments thus avoiding any potential buyer withdrawing their offer and pulling out of a property sale.
We can provide a detailed damp reports on any rising dampness & surveys for any woodworm infestation issues which may arise as an obstacle to the sale of your house.
Unqualified surveyors offering a so called… “Free damp & timber survey” More on this from which…
Damp and timber surveys are normally ” cost free “; a tactic used by commission- based salesman to get their foot in your front door and find work. But these damp proof course surveyors lack training and equipment to correctly diagnose the issue. This can lead to unnecessary damp control work costing thousands of pounds.
Furthermore, any damp reports tend to be little more than a page of typing and the guarantees are worthless. When you come to sell your home, lenders aren’t satisfied because the damp proofers work doesn’t carry the necessary certification.
The message is… don’t rely on a so-called “free damp survey” offered by damp course company’s as you will pay dearly in the long run!
A Damp Survey will cost around £150 to £350 for an average three-bedroom detached house, though as with most damp surveys, cost usually varies based on the size and location of the property.
This damp inspection cost is what you would expect to pay if you use a fully qualified, damp-proofing and timber treatment surveyor to inspect the property for and carry out a damp-proof assessment and provide a damp and timber report with costs for any damp-proofing, woodworm, wood rot repairs & treatments.
Timber Survey
On the day of the timber survey, any accessible will be inspected by experts for woodworm infestation or timber decay (dry rot, wet rot) by timber treatment specialists. Depending on the accessibility, floor boards may be lifted with the vendor’s permission as long as they are loose enough without causing damage to the flooring.
A sub floor timber inspection will be carried out, and inspected for beetle infestation, wet rot and dry rot as well as making sure there is adequate sub-floor ventilation to keep the timbers dry.
Roof timbers will be inspected by timber decay surveyors if safe access to the loft is available again inspecting the timbers for dry rot, wet rot or woodworm problems. Once the timber survey has been carried out a written timber report will be forwarded to you via email.
Damp Survey
On the day of the damp survey with the instructions received from the client, specialist damp and timber surveyors will inspect and test all accessible walls at ground floor level including chimney breasts for rising damp and any other sources of dampness using an electric resistance meter, a non-destructive method for detecting high moisture readings on wall plaster & brickwork.
Independent damp-proof specialists will inspect the exterior of the property for high external ground levels, which can lead to penetrating damp at low level and put any abutting timbers at risk of timber decay. Once the damp survey has been carried out a written damp report will be forwarded to you via email.
Damp in homes is a complex specialist area and that’s why Chartered Building Surveyors differ to “Damp and Timber Specialists” (normally specifying C.S.R.T. damp-proofing specialists & timber treatment contractors who are members of the Property Care Association, damp proofing companies who provide specialist (PCA) damp and timber surveys with written damp reports for mortgage companies and other loan providers.
Always make sure that your damp surveyor is qualified.
Always make sure that your damp surveyor is qualified. If they aren’t you have to wonder why they haven’t bothered getting appropriate training and relevant qualifications.
In many cases where the damp control advice has been to have a chemical damp-proof injection carried out, we have found alternative damp treatment solutions. By carrying out basic remedial repairs to a house such as lowering the external ground level to below the damp-proof course, and installing additional sub-floor air bricks, the “wick effect” has been reduced.
This means the uptake of moisture from the ground is lower than the evaporation rate from the surface of the wall, thus the problem has been controlled & cured without the use of damp proof course chemicals offered other by damp proofing companies.
Many of our calls are from clients who have just received a home buyer damp report
Many of our calls are from clients who have just received a home buyer damp report which states that high moisture meter readings were detected to the ground floor walls of the property they are thinking of buying, and they ask “should I still buy it?”
We advise them that they should keep an open mind and remember that if the property was built after 1875, there is probably a physical damp course in-situ.
Even if a property does not have a physical damp-proof course we can use alternative cost-effective remedies, which are chemical free and environmentally friendly and used to control rising dampness such as reducing raised ground levels and installing extra air-bricks to improve sub-floor ventilation to the moisture reservoir.
If plaster has been affected by dampness and contaminated with salts then we use a physical damp-proof cavity membrane, incorporating warm wall insulating plaster, to reduce heat loss as well as preventing further dampness internally.
There are many reasons why high moisture readings are recorded to walls during a home inspection. For example, the property may have been empty and without heating for quite some time, therefore, condensation could be present. Another common problem is the guttering may be defective or blocked, resulting in rainwater overflowing and hitting the ground below.
The water will splash back onto the brickwork and, if high ground levels are present, this will occur above the DPC line eventually resulting in low level damp penetration which will give the impression of rising damp!
Should you require the services of an independent damp specialist and woodworm treatment company to survey a new house / basement flat that you are in the process of buying, selling, intending to let out or part exchanging your existing home for a new house.
Whatever type of property you need surveying we can help you.
Whatever type of property you need surveying we can help you, for a prompt, professional service contact our specialist damp & timber surveyors for advice please call the above number. I
f you require a damp & timber survey or a rising damp report conducting on a new home that you have just bought, are moving into or a property that is about to be sold please fill in our online contact form
If you don’t need a full damp and timber report then we can still help with our damp and woodworm trouble shooter survey as above. Our surveyors can carry out brief but comprehensive damp inspections and check the walls for any discolouration to give you peace of mind.
Independent damp surveyors correctly diagnosing rising dampness
Independent damp surveyors & damp specialists providing damp and timber surveys & reports for mortgage lenders & equity release schemes. Adept UK correctly diagnosing rising dampness & timber decay in buildings, along with chemical free cost effective environmentally friendly solutions, avoiding costly disruptive treatments used by many PCA property care timber treatment & damp proofing companies.
Woodworm and damp surveys /sub-floor timber decay & wood rot inspection conducted for a house and flat purchase, full specialist down to earth damp and timber reports for mortgage providers.
Damp-proofing quotation and woodworm treatment costs are provided for home owners & clients who have just bought a house, and for those in the process of selling or planning on buying a property and need to get a report for rising damp and woodworm or a timber decay wood rot report before they can proceed any further with the house purchase.
Woodworm treatment services
Woodworm treatment services are usually requested by homeowners when they notice a woodworm problem in floorboards & roof timbers during building works being carried out on a property, or when mortgage providers have asked for a damp survey & woodworm report to be carried out, and have instructed specialist damp and timber surveying companies to lift up rotten flooring to check the sub-floor timbers for timber decay & wood rot.
SUB FLOOR VENTILATION
Do you need more sub floor ventilation? Have you had a recent damp and timber survey, and told you need more sub floor ventilation? Have you got a dry rot issue, or wet rot issue within your suspended timber floor? Often it is recommended by damp proofing companies that more sub floor ventilation airbricks are installed to lower the risk of timber decay to the structural floor timbers.
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