Rain Penetration

Tapco Home Dry carry out all aspects of damp proofing and rain pentration prevention in London, Surrey and the Home Counties. We will stop damp penetrating the building and affecting the structure and fabric of your property. All timber decay, including Dry Rot and Wet Rot is sensitive to high temperature and cannot survive when the moisture content is below 20%. It is therefore very important to ensure that your property is kept well maintained and free from damp penetration and rising damp. The longer the damp enters, the more damage occurs and the more costly it becomes.

The most common causes of rain penetration are:

• A leaking roof caused by defective tiles or slates
• Defective chimney stacks, flashings and soakers allowing rain penetration
• Open chimney pots allowing rain penetration
• Defective lead flashings
• Defective flat roofs
• Leaking rain water goods
• Defective external rendering or pointing
• Decayed joinery
• High external ground level or flower beds

Any of these defects can allow rain pentration and cause costly damage or dry rot or wet rot and in most cases you may not be insured. Although it is sometimes easy to ignore problems of damp that are occurring outside, you should be aware that the cost of carrying out these repairs are very often a fraction of the cost for repairing the damage they can cause inside. In many cases we may recommend certain repairs when carrying out a damp survey and we strongly advise that these are done in conjunction with our rain penetration damp proofing works.

Tapco HomeDry.com cover all areas of London, Surrey and the Home Counties and will carry out any damp proofing repairs to your property that will stop damp penetration to the internal surfaces. All of our work is carried out to a high standard in accordance with Health and Safety requirements and is covered by our guarantee.