Welcome To Damp & Timber Surveys
We are specialists in investigating, reporting and providing solutions for all damp issues, and timber decay (wet rot, dry rot and woodworm infestations). You can rely on our PCA (Property Care Association) qualified surveyor for the Cumbria region, Mr Graeme McCoy, who has over 26 years experience, to provide you with first class service from the outset. Please contact us on 07784 744636 for for prompt professional service. For your peace of mind, we hold half a million pounds worth of Professional Indemnity Insurance for your protection.
We only use the most up to date quality equipment on our surveys, from our self calibrating electronic moisture meters to our high thermal resolution Thermal Imaging Cameras, we have everything that is required to carry out a comprehensive survey for you.
This image shows a severe active woodworm infestation (the common furniture beetle known as Anobium Punctatum), which we discovered on a pre-purchase inspection in Cockermouth.
Experience was essential to diagnose this problem, what may have been mistaken as a failed damp proof course, turned out to be nothing more than plaster bridging (this occurs when wall plaster is continuous between a solid or concrete floor and a wall), which we suspected, due to the depth of the skirting board. When the skirting board was removed this was confirmed to be the case, as we found the original slate damp proof course. This is an example of how incorrect diagnosis can lead to un-necessary expenditure.