Capillary rising damp occurs in buildings without a damp-proof course. The main building material is porous, and the surface tension of ground water causes it to rise through tiny capillary pores
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What is capillary damp?
Capillary rising damp occurs in buildings without a damp-proof course. The main building material is porous, and the surface tension of ground water causes it to rise through tiny capillary pores
Health hazzard
The odour of dampness and spoilt water is created through fungi and mould, emitting millions of bacteria in the room. Mould can produce toxic substances known as mycotoxins
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Other damp
Not all dampness in buildings is due to rising damp. Leaking water pipes or failed roofs and gutters may allow water to percolate through masonry
Other types of damp
Not all dampness in buildings is due to rising damp. Leaking water pipes or failed roofs and gutters may allow water to percolate through masonry. Should the water intersect one of the many sources of salt, there is a potential for salt attack decay as the water evaporates, leaving behind a crumbled façade.
These decorative surfaces of the walls can be repaired with simple construction works, but the water (dampness) still remains within the walls. The dampness inside the walls behaves according to the physical factors in which it is found. These factors are always different (e.g. weather conditions) and affect the structure directly, especially the outer decorative layer of the building.
During the winter months when temperatures are below zero, the water in the walls freezes and devastates the structure of the wall. In summer and warmer months of the year, water takes on another state of matter and becomes gas (vapour). This also emits pressure to the structure.
Frost in winter and gas in summer and their rotation throughout the year have a slow, but very destructive, effect on the structure. The structure weakens and the decorative outer layer crumbles away.
Capillary rising damp is not of local character. It spreads through every wall in the building leaving the same damage and requiring difficult and expensive repairs.
These decorative surfaces of the walls can be repaired with simple construction works, but the water (dampness) still remains within the walls. The dampness inside the walls behaves according to the physical factors in which it is found. These factors are always different (e.g. weather conditions) and affect the structure directly, especially the outer decorative layer of the building.
During the winter months when temperatures are below zero, the water in the walls freezes and devastates the structure of the wall. In summer and warmer months of the year, water takes on another state of matter and becomes gas (vapour). This also emits pressure to the structure.
Frost in winter and gas in summer and their rotation throughout the year have a slow, but very destructive, effect on the structure. The structure weakens and the decorative outer layer crumbles away.
Capillary rising damp is not of local character. It spreads through every wall in the building leaving the same damage and requiring difficult and expensive repairs.
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The activity of PROsystem is based on the fact that water moves within the electromagnetic field due to internal tensions caused by different poles between the wall and the soil.
The activity of PROsystem is based on the fact that water moves within the electromagnetic field due to internal tensions caused by different poles between the wall and the soil.
Dehydration
Firstly, water from the highest levels of the walls to which it has risen slowly begins to move towards the lower parts. In the initial phase of the system, when the damp inside the walls starts moving, it can result in an increased evaporation of damp into the space that causes increased atmospheric humidity.
Firstly, water from the highest levels of the walls to which it has risen slowly begins to move towards the lower parts. In the initial phase of the system, when the damp inside the walls starts moving, it can result in an increased evaporation of damp into the space that causes increased atmospheric humidity.
