Moisture can destroy a building’s structural integrity and nurture mould. The first step in moisture mitigation is to quickly and accurately locate and remove all sources of moisture. Our thermal imaging and infrared cameras instantly show you what’s wet and what’s dry.
Moisture can destroy a building’s structural integrity and nurture mould. The first step in moisture mitigation is to quickly and accurately locate and remove all sources of moisture. Our thermal imaging and infrared cameras instantly show you what’s wet and what’s dry.
Infrared cameras can instantly find the source of a leak with little or no physical disassembly of the premises and minimal disturbance to the occupant. This technology instantly captures and records high-resolution thermographic images which can be downloaded to a PC or other device. Infrared thermography pinpoints the source of the moisture, provides definitive Cause and Origin data, and prevents incipient catastrophes. Approved Waterproofing specializes in moisture detection services, to prevent catastrophic water damage to your home or business.
Rising dampness is often misdiagnosed. Inexperience in identifying rising damp issues may assume that the usual tell-tale sign of a tidemark on the wall is rising damp – this does not always occur.
How to Identify Leaks
Walls:
Peeling Wall
Look out for wallpaper coming off or peeling from the wall. You will most likely notice it coming loose from the skirting board first with the corner of the wallpaper turned or curved up.
Decayed Skirting Boards
Salts in the form of white fluffy deposits in the plaster similar to the images above. These salts are washed out of your bricks and into your plaster leaving what can look like blistering patches on your walls.
Black Mould
If you see black mould appearing above your skirting board it is a clear sign that there is some form of dampness affecting the area, especially if you have no other evidence of black mould within the property and the black mould is localised from the skirting board to up to 1 metre above the skirting.
Tide Marks
One of the most common tell-tale signs is tide marks left on walls. Tide marks are caused by evaporation and salts from the ground. You will normally notice them anywhere up to 1 meter above the skirting board. If you do not notice tide marks, another very common tell-tale sign is damp patches or staining. Typically, these damp patches are yellowish or brownish and similar to tide marks, you will notice them up to 1 meter above the skirting board.
How to Identify Leaks
Ceilings:
Watermarks, peeling paint and texture changes
Discolouration/brown watermarks
