Rising Damp Perth assesses damp in Applecross, WA 6153, and we meter the wall before we quote.
Applecross has older riverside brick among the newer builds, and rising damp is a problem of the pre-war solid-brick houses. Because the newer neighbours are on slabs and have no such problem, it is easy to assume the issue must be a leak rather than the ground itself.
Damp in a well-kept house can first be found when a floor comes up or a wall is stripped back, because that is the first time anyone has seen the masonry in decades. It is the best time to find it — everything is already open — and the worst time to hear about it, because the schedule assumed no such thing. Bringing the diagnosis forward, before linings go back on, is the difference between one job and two.
Where older houses sit among newer ones built on slabs, the neighbours have no damp at all. That makes a hidden leak the intuitive explanation, and it sends people looking for a pipe fault that does not exist. The giveaway is the pattern: a leak makes a patch that spreads from a point and dries when the water is off, while ground moisture makes a level band that persists. Ruling the leak out properly is still worth doing — it is cheap and it settles the question.
Also relevant to Applecross, and written once for every suburb it affects: a high water table.
| Ground level within 250 m | 11 to 15 m above sea level (approx.) |
|---|---|
| Ground level at the centre | about 13 m |
| Indian Ocean coast (salt air) | about 8.0 km from the centre, straight line |
| Nearest river | Canning River, about 1.6 km from the centre, straight line |
| Perth CBD | about 7.2 km, straight line |
| Streets inside the suburb | Kintail Road, Ardross Street, Melville Beach Road and Macleod Road |
| Parks and reserves | John Fennessy Park, Gairloch Reserve and Bill Bennetts Park |
Applecross is 1.6 km from the Canning River. That distance does not show the water table under one house; the Perth Groundwater Map estimates it for an address.
The six signs are on the inspection page, the order of the work on how it works, prices on the cost page and the measuring method on the about page.
Talk it through. Tell us what you're seeing — or what your building report said — and we'll book an on-site assessment ($450 plus GST) with a written diagnosis. A fixed quote follows the assessment.
We call you back to talk it through. Any work is quoted after we have assessed the wall.
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