Chemical Damp proofing can damage bricks
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Common sense in some ways, although I still learnt a lot from that so thanks for it.
Regrettably, he didn't mention why he had got called in, so I can only assume that it was the floor then becoming rotten; but whilst they took the tanking slurry off, it would have covered over the damp walls, and they would have eventually dried out through the wall on the other side, so whilst they may have done the right thing, was it a necessity to do so.
Using heaters rather than dehumidifiers makes you wonder how the insurance company selected the first set of contractors.
Edit: some of the links on from that clip are even funnier:
Regrettably, he didn't mention why he had got called in, so I can only assume that it was the floor then becoming rotten; but whilst they took the tanking slurry off, it would have covered over the damp walls, and they would have eventually dried out through the wall on the other side, so whilst they may have done the right thing, was it a necessity to do so.
Using heaters rather than dehumidifiers makes you wonder how the insurance company selected the first set of contractors.
Edit: some of the links on from that clip are even funnier:
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Sorry to burst the bubble.
1/. NO Insurance Company would entertain a claim for rising damp???
2/. All building Insurance Policies carry an all enveloping EXCLUSION for A/. Rising Damp + B/. Wood rot
OK I have been working for Insurers [various] + Loss Adjusters, Etc. for a long time. All the information provided by these organisations do not allow Gypsum Plaster on such walls.
As an aside why put a tanking Slurry on an above ground wall, makes no sense at all?
I think the "Bad guy" --- "The Cowboy" --- here is the [named in the Vid Clip] the well known so called Damp Proof Specialist Company.
There is a possibility that this Damp Proof Company has shall I call it "Duped" the insurance Company??? the Vid Clip stated an "Escape of Water" Not a flood??? ---Think about that???---
The damp proof Company could add value to the Contract by applying the Slurry [more expensive than normal plaster] plus the Plaster.
In general terms an EOW [Escape of Water] simply does not appear to have happened in this property? where are the fractured pipes?? [none] where is the total inundation from the loft when the water tank blew [none] where is the sink? the other white goods, washing machine, dishwasher, bath, or sink that occasion an EOW? -- ALL MISSING???
Back to basic principles Rising damp is not an insurable incident, it is not a defined so called "Insured Peril" It is simply not covered.
All in all as "The Donald" would shout ---fake news --- in places??
Just a thought??
Be careful of what is posted on the interweb??
Ken
1/. NO Insurance Company would entertain a claim for rising damp???
2/. All building Insurance Policies carry an all enveloping EXCLUSION for A/. Rising Damp + B/. Wood rot
OK I have been working for Insurers [various] + Loss Adjusters, Etc. for a long time. All the information provided by these organisations do not allow Gypsum Plaster on such walls.
As an aside why put a tanking Slurry on an above ground wall, makes no sense at all?
I think the "Bad guy" --- "The Cowboy" --- here is the [named in the Vid Clip] the well known so called Damp Proof Specialist Company.
There is a possibility that this Damp Proof Company has shall I call it "Duped" the insurance Company??? the Vid Clip stated an "Escape of Water" Not a flood??? ---Think about that???---
The damp proof Company could add value to the Contract by applying the Slurry [more expensive than normal plaster] plus the Plaster.
In general terms an EOW [Escape of Water] simply does not appear to have happened in this property? where are the fractured pipes?? [none] where is the total inundation from the loft when the water tank blew [none] where is the sink? the other white goods, washing machine, dishwasher, bath, or sink
Back to basic principles Rising damp is not an insurable incident, it is not a defined so called "Insured Peril" It is simply not covered.
All in all as "The Donald" would shout ---fake news --- in places??
Just a thought??
Be careful of what is posted on the interweb??
Ken
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