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Building Research Establishment Digest
Rising damp in walls: diagnosis and treatment
This digest considers the causes of dampness in walls and offers a positive
method for diagnosis of rising damp. It suggests possible remedial
measures which can be taken to avoid rising damp such as providing a
complete moisture barrier by insertion of a physical damp-proof course or
the non-traditional method of chemical injection. The repair of areas of
plastering damaged by damp is also included
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