Damp Proofing Leyland
Damp Proofing in Leyland
Leyland is about twenty minutes from our base, and we work right across PR25 and PR26 — Farington, Moss Side, Penwortham, Bamber Bridge, Longton and Much Hoole included.
Leyland’s housing stock is mostly inter-war and post-war: 1930s semis, and a lot of the housing built for the Leyland Motors workforce. That means cavity walls rather than solid ones, and it changes what goes wrong.
The two things we are called out for most here are wall tie failure and cavity wall insulation. The original wall ties in 1930s properties were mild steel, and after ninety years they rust. Rusting steel expands, which cracks the mortar beds — you get horizontal cracking at regular intervals up the wall, and eventually the two leaves stop acting together.
The insulation problem is more recent. A lot of these houses had cavity wall insulation retrofitted under grant schemes. Where it was installed into an exposed wall, or where it has slumped and left gaps, it bridges the cavity and gives rainwater a path to the inside leaf. The symptom is damp patches on outside-facing walls, usually worse on the weather side.
Both are fixable. Neither is fixed by a damp proof course, which is why the survey matters.
Booking a Free Damp Survey in Leyland
You call or send the form
Tell us what you have noticed — a tide mark, peeling paint, black mould, a musty smell. We will ask a few questions and book a visit.
A qualified surveyor comes out — free
We come to you in Leyland. The surveyor takes moisture readings, looks at the external walls and ground levels, and works out what is actually causing it. There is no charge and no obligation.
You get a written report and a fixed price
Plain English: what is wrong, why, what we would do about it, and what it costs. No pressure and no surprise extras later.
We do the work, guaranteed for 10 years
Our team carries out the treatment and leaves the place clean. The work comes with a 10-year guarantee.
Our Damp Proofing Services in Leyland
Every job starts with a free survey. Click a service to see how we treat it.
Recent Work in Leyland
We were called to a Leyland property with rising damp caused by damp proof course failure. We installed a new chemical DPC, removed the plaster that had been contaminated with hygroscopic salts — the plaster keeps pulling moisture out of the air even after the wall behind it is dry, so leaving it on is how a job comes back — and re-rendered throughout. Covered by our 10-year guarantee.
If your house is a 1930s semi and you are seeing regular horizontal cracks in the mortar every few courses up an outside wall, that is more likely to be wall ties than damp, and it is worth having looked at before it gets worse. Bulging or bowing in the outer leaf is the same problem further along.
Damp patches that appear on outside-facing walls a few years after cavity wall insulation went in are worth a call too — that is usually bridging rather than a failed damp course.
We Also Cover
Not in Leyland? We survey and treat damp right across Lancashire and the Fylde Coast.
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Damp Proofing Ormskirk
Also covering Aughton, Burscough, Westhead, Halsall, Scarisbrick, Bickerstaffe
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Damp Proofing Chorley
Also covering Euxton, Adlington, Coppull, Clayton-le-Woods, Whittle-le-Woods, Buckshaw Village
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Damp Proofing Clitheroe
Also covering Whalley, Waddington, Chatburn, Sabden, Barrow, Wiswell
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Damp Proofing Kirkham
Also covering Wesham, Freckleton, Warton, Weeton, Elswick, Newton-with-Scales
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Damp Proofing Garstang
Also covering Catterall, Churchtown, Bilsborrow, Barnacre, Scorton, Bowgreave
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Damp Proofing Fleetwood
Also covering Thornton, Cleveleys, Rossall, Preesall, Knott End, Stalmine
Free Damp Survey in Leyland
No charge, no obligation, and a written report telling you what is actually wrong.
Get in Touch
Tell us what you have spotted and we will arrange a free survey in Leyland.
