Rising Damp Perth assesses damp in East Perth, WA 6004, and we meter the wall before we quote.
East Perth mixes surviving 1900s cottages with reclaimed ground from the old gasworks and rail yards, and the two sit side by side.
Reclaimed and filled land does not behave like natural sand. Fill holds water, settles unevenly, and can differ between one property and the next depending on what was tipped there and when. An assessment on made ground is as much about what is under the wall as what the wall is doing, and a treatment specified without that is a guess with a price on it.
Where surviving older cottages sit among later building, adjacent houses can behave completely differently. One has solid masonry on footings with no barrier; the next has a membrane and a slab. A diagnosis that holds for one property says nothing about the one beside it, and neither does a neighbour's quote.
| Ground level within 250 m | 6 to 30 m above sea level (approx.); 7 of 8 points, 1 on water left out |
|---|---|
| Ground level at the centre | about 16 m |
| Indian Ocean coast (salt air) | about 11.7 km from the centre, straight line |
| Nearest river | Swan River, about 0.7 km from the centre, straight line |
| Perth CBD | about 1.6 km, straight line |
| Streets inside the suburb | Hay Street, Riverside Drive, Wittenoom Street and Wellington Street |
| Parks and reserves | Pioneer Gardens and Victoria Gardens |
One of the eight ring points 250 m from the centre of East Perth falls on water, and the Swan River is 0.7 km away. Reclaimed ground and surviving cottages sit side by side here, so the first question for a property is what it stands on: fill or the original ground. That changes the diagnosis more than the suburb figures do.
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