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Ask your QuestionI am selling my house and someone who came to view asked if I had damp proofing, how do I find that out. Thanks
Asked by Carherine on 31st Mar 2020"Get a specialist to carryout some tests
The possibility is if your house is old it may have had a dpc at some point"
"Hello,
Generally you have a damp proof course and a damp proof membrane, a damp proof course depends on the structure of your floor and will generally sit beneath your ground floor structure, a damp proof member generally sits above floor level, ie bitumen, a latex solution or a screed.
Thanks
Kori
MRG Mould Specialists Ltd"
"You can usually tell by the outside of the building, if you look along the bottom of the property you should see a black band between the course of bricks this is the damp course"
Answered on 31st Mar 2020 - Member since Feb 2020 - report