Nottinghamshire
Cavity wall insulation removal in Newark
Failed or damp cavity insulation extracted, and the real source of the water dealt with as well.
Newark sits on the Trent, and in a river town any damp problem deserves one question before all others: is the water arriving from outside the wall, from inside the house, or from the ground. Cavity insulation is only one of those three answers, and quoting an extraction before you know which is how people pay for the wrong job entirely.
Telling the three apart
Cavity bridging shows on the weather side of the house and worsens after driving rain. Ground water shows low on the wall and stays low, more or less regardless of the weather. Condensation shows in corners, behind furniture and on cold external walls of rooms that get steamy, and it is at its worst in winter. On a decorator's report all three look much the same, and they need completely different work. We would rather spend the visit establishing which than assume.
When the cavity genuinely is the cause
Fill that has slumped over the decades, or was blown into a wall too exposed for it, can bridge the gap and walk water from the outer leaf to the inner one. Extraction is then right: holes drilled through the mortar joints of the outer leaf, material drawn out under vacuum, the cavity checked, the holes made good.
Matching mortar on soft red brick
Much of Newark's older housing is soft red brick, where grey cement patches announce themselves from across the street and do the brick no favours either. Making good in matching mortar is part of the job rather than an afterthought.
What is usually really wetting the wall
More often than not, something above it: a split gutter soaking one strip of brickwork every time it rains, a cracked downpipe, pointing gone on an exposed gable, lead at a roof abutment that has let go. Those are our trade, they cost a fraction of an extraction, and we look at all of them while we are there. Ring 01406 704369 and we will look at the roof and the wall together.
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One of the problems of finding a roofer when you are an older person is the thought of being scammed, especially given the increasing numbers of rogue traders together with the high costs at stake especially if the work is poor or non existent. We trawled a lot of roofers and found varying prices and limited experience and ‘one man bands’ offering little or no guarantees for their work. We came across Fred’s newly formed EverCrest Property Care Ltd Company and were initially concerned at the limited 3 months or so that they had been trading for, albeit that Fred had been a Sole Trader for some 6 years. So we undertook a ‘due diligence’ on the company and found they had worked on a limited number of roofing projects in the start up time. However having had a number of positive conversations with Fred we decided to give his company a chance having had a very good response and price to our required specification that formed the basis of our Building Control Application through Boston Borough Council. They say you can only make a first impression once and EverCrest Property Care Ltd certainly made an excellent impression indeed, in fact the work they undertook was first class and our Building Control Inspector was equally impressed with the standard of works they carried out. Our project involved replacing a main roof on a detached property and likewise on a kitchen extension. Work commenced on a Friday with the scaffolding being erected along with the delivery of two skips. On the Monday morning around 8:30am a team of 7 arrived on site and by 10am both roofs had been stripped and the Building Inspector was called early to check out the structure prior to the roofers installing the new insulation, membrane and battening in readiness for the new soffits, guttering and tiles being installed from Tuesday onwards. By Thursday the project had been completed and the Building Inspector returned first thing Friday morning and signed off the work having been impressed with the finished work. On the basis of the above experience we would have no hesitation in recommending EverCrest Property Care Ltd as a suitable and very experienced roofing contractor and would be happy to give any references to their standard of works.
Brilliant work! Reasonable price a friendly. Recommend to anyone. Sorted out my roof after 3 companies turned me down.
Amazing roof repair everything finished to a high standard,good communication and reasonable priced would definetly recommend.
Before you ring
Cavity Wall Insulation Removal in Newark: common questions
How can I tell the insulation is the cause?
From inside you often cannot. Damp following the weather side of the house and worsening after driving rain is the classic pattern, but we check gutters, pointing and roof details too, because they cause identical symptoms and cost far less to put right.
Will the drilling spoil old brickwork?
Not if it is done through the mortar joints and made good in matching mortar, which on soft older brick matters a great deal. We match the mortar rather than reaching for whatever is in the van.
Should the cavity be refilled afterwards?
Not automatically, and not into a wall that has just proved too exposed for it. We will talk through what is sensible rather than assume it has to go back.
Can you fix the gutters at the same time?
Yes, and it is usually the part that actually stops the damp. Overflowing gutters and failed lead put far more water into a wall than most people expect.
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