Most of the independent damp and timber surveyors have at least twenty years experience in the industry and some nearly forty. They have accumulated a wealth of knowledge during this time and have investigated or discovered defects on all types and style of property including dry rot, wet rot, woodworm, condensation, penetrating damp, rising damp, failed cavity wall ties, flooded basements etc. Examples of some of those defects are shown below.

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Dry rot to sub-floor timbers  (courtesy of Keith Gardner Independent Specialist Surveys)

Courtesy Mr. I.R. Murray

Courtesy of Paul Carter Associates

Courtesy of Aldred Limited



Courtesy of Peter Macdonald

Courtesy of Mr. J. Ashton

Courtesy of Western Specialist Surveys



Courtesy of JH Rees and Son

Courtesy of Damp and Timber Tech Limited

Meters DON'T always give high readings (courtesy of Independent Specialist Surveys) 

Courtesy of Peter Macdonald

Courtesy of Mr. I. R. Murray

Courtesy of Mr. J. Ashton

Courtesy of Bob Massey Associates

Courtesy of Western Specialist Surveys



Courtesy of Neil Marsden



Damp to unprotected joist (Courtesy of Specialist Property Surveys Ltd.)

Courtesy of Aldred Limited

Numerous Dry Rot spores on bathroom oversite (courtesy of Keith Gardner) 

Masonry stabilisation (courtesy of Bob Massey Associates)

Courtesy of JH Rees and Son

Active woodworm (courtesy of Paul Cater Associates) 

Courtesy of Neil Marsden

Condensate on bathroom ceiling (courtesy of Keith Gardner Independent Specialist Surveys)

 

Backward sloping cavity wall tie (courtesy of Neil Marsden)



True Dry Rot Fungus Serplula lacrymans  (courtesy of  Independent Specialist Surveys)



Dry Rot mycelium (courtesy of Hamilton Associates) 



Anobium Punctatum boredust (courtesy of Academy Remedial Surveyors)



Death Watch Beetle damage  Xestobium rufovillosum (courtesy of Hamilton Associates)



Spalling to soft bricks due to cement pointing instead of lime (courtesy of Keith Gardner)