Rising Damp Perth assesses damp in Bayswater, WA 6053, and we meter the wall before we quote.
Bayswater's older houses include many toward the river. Where the water table rises through winter, damp at the base of a wall comes and goes with the seasons.
Where the water table rises through winter, damp is bad by August and apparently gone by February. That pattern fools a lot of owners into believing a cosmetic repair worked, when what actually happened is that summer arrived. Judge any treatment on the following winter, not on the summer after it. Photograph the wall at its worst so there is something to compare against.
Also relevant to Bayswater, and written once for every suburb it affects: a high water table.
| Ground level within 250 m | 15 to 24 m above sea level (approx.) |
|---|---|
| Ground level at the centre | about 15 m |
| Indian Ocean coast (salt air) | about 15.2 km from the centre, straight line |
| Nearest river | Swan River, about 1.7 km from the centre, straight line |
| Perth CBD | about 6.4 km, straight line |
| Streets inside the suburb | Railway Parade, Whatley Crescent, Garratt Road and Beechboro Road South |
| Parks and reserves | Bert Wright Park, Halliday Park and Grace Hardie Memorial Rose Gardens |
Bayswater is 1.7 km from the Swan River. If damp is worst at the end of winter and fades by late summer, that seasonal pattern points to the ground, not a leak. Sea salt is an unlikely source 15.2 km inland.
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.
We carry out assessments across the Perth metropolitan area, including:
Rising Damp Perth