Bootle’s streets of Victorian terraces are exactly the housing stock we know best: solid brick walls, slate damp proof courses laid over a century ago, suspended timber ground floors and hard working chimneys. When those original defences wear out, damp gets its chance.
Rising damp shows up in Bootle as the classic tide mark on ground-floor walls with blown plaster and crumbling skirting. Our fix is the full job: damp plaster off, silicone damp proof course injected along the mortar bed, salt neutraliser and membrane, then fresh plaster, backed by a 10 year guarantee. Under the floors, we treat dry rot and replace decayed timber where years of damp have got into joists, with detailed reports suitable for consideration by mortgage lenders and insurers when the paperwork matters.
We work for homeowners and landlords across Bootle, Litherland and Seaforth, and the same specification we deliver for housing associations goes into every terrace we treat. The advice is straight, and any survey fee is confirmed before we visit.