Penterating Damp

Penetrating damp is the result of water/moisture ingress  successfully transferring horizontally from the outside brickwork onto the inside of your property, often known as lateral damp. 

Unlike rising damp, penetrating damp can occur anywhere on your property including your ceilings, or above the fresh hold of 1.2 metres rising damp occurs up to. 

Any property type can suffer from penetrating damp, often we see the older houses tend to suffer more, this is due to the solid walls which are often part of the integrity of old houses. Solid walls make the transfer from the outside in easier for any water/moisture molecules. 

Lateral Penetrating damp can occur due to several reasons, most commonly we see structural defects as the main culprit, ranging from inadequately pointed buildings to leaking guttering.

Penetrating damp often occurs on external walls but can also present itself on internal walls, this can be down to a leak in the chimney breast adjacent to the neighbouring property. 

Porous walls are one of the main reasons we see penetrating damp occurring, as brickwork ages it loses the ability to keep moisture out, subsequently allowing water ingress to project itself on the external walls of the building.