Damp Proofing in Blyth
Blyth is a working port town on an exposed stretch of the Northumberland coast, with long terraces in Cowpen, Newsham and around the town centre, large post-war estates, and newer housing at South Beach. The terraces have solid walls and old damp courses, the estates have cavity walls and condensation, and everything east-facing takes the sea weather. We have worked in Blyth since the early days of the business and cover it with no travel charges.
Damp in Blyth homes
The terraces of Cowpen, Cowpen Quay, Newsham and Bebside were built for the pits and the port and most have been altered since: back yards concreted above the original damp course, cement render and pebbledash added to the fronts, hard gypsum plaster inside. The result is rising damp along front rooms and halls, with salts and blown plaster, and penetrating damp where the render has cracked. A chemical damp course with renovation plaster handles the first, and we repair the outside to handle the second.
East-facing walls anywhere in Blyth, and especially around South Beach, Kitty Brewster and the seafront, get driven rain for much of the year. Porous brick, eroded pointing and failed cills let it through, and inside the plaster softens around windows and on gable walls. We look at the outside of every damp wall before we quote, because replastering inside without fixing the outside wastes your money.
The post-war estates, including Isabella, Croft and Wensleydale, are cavity-walled with a sound DPC, and the damp there is mostly condensation and mould in the colder rooms. We treat the mould, restore the plaster where it has gone, and tell you honestly when better ventilation and heating are the real fix.
Parts of Blyth we cover
We work across the whole of Blyth and the streets around it, including Cowpen, Newsham, Bebside, South Beach, Kitty Brewster, Isabella, Croft, Wensleydale and Cowpen Quay. There are no travel charges anywhere in Northumberland.
Keeping Blyth homes dry through the winter
Blyth sits on an exposed piece of coast, and the hardest months for walls here run through autumn and winter, when gales push rain into brickwork for days at a time. Many of the town's older terraces have chimneys that are no longer used, capped badly or not at all, and a disused chimney is a common route for water into a bedroom or front room wall. On a survey we look at the stacks, the pots and the flashings as well as the walls, and we check whether old fireplaces have been blocked without any ventilation, which lets moisture build up inside the breast, and we fit a vent or cap where one is missing.
For a lot of Blyth households, the practical question is how to get the work done with the least upheaval. Damp jobs in a terrace mean dust and noise for a few days, so we sheet floors and furniture, seal doorways, keep one room clear for living in, and take all the waste away at the end of each stage. We give you a clear plan for each day before the job starts so you know what to expect. If the work runs into a run of bad weather, the outside repairs are rescheduled around it rather than rushed, because render and pointing put on in driving rain or frost do not last on this coast, and doing it once properly matters more than finishing a day early.
How we do damp proofing
The full process, step by step, and what it involves.
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The homes in Blyth and the problems they tend to have.
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Real jobs written up: the problem, the work and the result.
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Our guide, written for homeowners.
Our 20-year guarantee
Where we install a damp proof course, you get a written 20-year guarantee against rising damp coming back through it, and it transfers to a new owner if you sell. For penetrating damp, condensation and the replastering that goes with them, our workmanship promise applies: if something we did is not right, we come back and sort it.
Damp Proofing jobs we have written up
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Damp Proofing questions from Blyth
Chimney breasts get damp from rain coming down an uncapped flue, a failed flashing where the stack meets the roof, or a blocked-up fireplace with no ventilation. Rising damp is less likely if the patch is high up. We check the chimney from outside and the breast inside to find which it is.
The outside, nearly always. Replastering inside while water is still getting through the wall means the new plaster will fail. We fix what is letting the water in first, whether that is render, pointing, a chimney or a gutter, and then replaster once the wall has dried.
Yes, all of Blyth and the surrounding area, with no travel charges. The terraces of Cowpen and the newer homes at South Beach need different approaches, and we survey each house on its own terms.
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