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Sussex Property Services Ltd
We specialise in the eradication of Penetrating and Rising Damp as well as full timber treatment.
We pride ourselves on our reputation for offering customers a profesional quality service. From a comprehensive damp and timber survey by our qualified surveyer to completetion of the project and beyond.
We take care of every aspect of your repair from a free survey/quotation and advice in the beginning, permanent guaranteed eradication of your Damp and quality restoration of your plastering, rendering and brickwork.
Areas Covered We provide services in Brighton & Hove and all surrounding areas. within East Sussex.
Sevices Rising danp penetrating damp, wet & dry rot, woodworm, and all associated building works.
As well as Damp & Timer treatment we also offer a full property manitenance services that include general building, rendering, plastering, decorating, plumbing, brickwork and garden landscapping.
Damp Treatment
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Identifying the problem:
Damp is one of the most frequent problems to arise within a home. There are three major types of damp to be aware of:
- Condensation
- Penetrating Damp
- Rising Damp
Each one has a separate cause and remedy.
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CONDENSATION
Condensation takes place when excessive moisture cannot escape from the building. It occurs when warm air meets a cold surface and condensates into water droplets. A clear indication of condensation is black mould forming on hard surfaces or the presence of a musty smell.
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What can cause Condensation?
Condensation is most commonly caused when a building is not kept ventilated. Activities that produce large quantities of water vapour cause condensation, such as:
- Drying clothes inside the house (covering radiators/ heaters)
- Steam from cooking and from bathing/washing.
- Lack of air circulation and ventilation in the building. (Humid conditions)
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Contact Us
Address:
Link House
Link Place
Brighton
BN1 7DX
Tel:
01273 566625 / Freephone 0800 955 0636
Fax:
Email:
info_sussexpropertyservices.com
WHAT IS A PASSIVE DEHUMIDIFIER?
It combines a through-the-wall, warm telescopic sleeve with a slab of mineral wool inside, louvered vent internally and an appropriate external cover. The mineral wool is transparent to the exodus of moisture vapour while simultaneously preventing cold draughts so that people do not block them up with old newspapers or stick posters over them. They can easily be retrofitted in response to condensation call-outs, during refurbishment programmes or installed directly in new build. A typical house needs about four/five Passyfier units. Quite often an existing 9 x 6 airbrick is replaced with a Passyfier MK1. Passyfiers take advantage of the differential partial moisture vapour pressure that is normally higher inside an occupied building than on the outside. All this with little or no heat loss.
TECHNICAL NOTES ON PASSYFIER VENT MK1
For background ventilation of habitable rooms the Building Regulations require that a ventilation opening should have a total area of not less than 8,000mm² and that openings should be controllable, secure and located to avoid draughts. The Passyfier Vent provides an opening on a section normal to the airflow direction with an effective area well in excess of the minimum requirement. Airflow through the opening is controlled automatically by the tortuosity of the intervening mineral wool, which is transparent to the flow of water vapour, and also avoids undue draughts. The diffusion process is slow compared with mechanical ventilation and would not cope with a copious amount of water vapour produced in a short time scale in kitchens and bathrooms without the additional use of mechanical ventilation. Its main use is in habitable rooms where it operates continuously without noise 24 hours per day and can extract up to 2.3 litres of water per day even at low vapour pressures.
Office Location:
Tel: 01273 566625
Freephone: 0800 955 0636
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Areas covered: Brighton & Hove, Portslade, Southwick, Kemp town, Falmer, Lewes, Roedean, Rottingdean, Saltdean,
Peacehaven, Newhaven, Seaford
