Rising damp is a build up of water and damp beneath the basement and walls of property. It can be a common challenge with old houses that are made with brick or sandstone basements. These foundations can function as a scrounger to the humidity in the ground, taking in water into walls and giving you the ugly effects of rising damp.

Many properties that do not have damp course installed (a plastic lining) have more possibility of Rising Damp. Poor workmanship in the course of the instalment of concrete block and inadequate drainage on high land gradient can also devise major challenges for home and property owners. Out of date or ineffective waterproofing pipes can also be the villain when looking for the problem area.