Rising Damp Perth assesses damp in Highgate, WA 6003, and we meter the wall before we quote.
Highgate's narrow terraces share walls, so damp on one side of a terrace can be the neighbour's concern as well. The stock is late 1890s to 1910s brick, which may have no serviceable damp course.
Damp in a party wall belongs to two properties. The moisture does not respect the boundary, and a treatment applied from one side only can push the problem into the other. Sorting out who is doing what, and who is paying, takes longer than the work does. Raising it early with the neighbour is the practical first step, unwelcome as it may be.
Damp can show up first and worst on the elevation that gets no sun. A south or party-side wall stays cold and damp right through a Perth winter, so the same quantity of moisture that a north wall sheds in a week sits in that wall for months and brings salt to the surface. If one wall of a house looks far worse than the others, aspect may be part of the answer, and it changes where an assessment starts rather than what the treatment is.
| Ground level within 250 m | 19 to 33 m above sea level (approx.) |
|---|---|
| Ground level at the centre | about 24 m |
| Indian Ocean coast (salt air) | about 10.9 km from the centre, straight line |
| Nearest river | Swan River, about 1.3 km from the centre, straight line |
| Perth CBD | about 1.6 km, straight line |
| Streets inside the suburb | Lord Street, Beaufort Street and Smith Street |
| Parks and reserves | Brigatti Gardens |
At 10.9 km from the coast and 1.3 km from the Swan River, salt in a Highgate wall most likely came up from the ground rather than in on the wind or from the river. In a terrace the party wall gets no sun and no wind, so only the air inside dries it.
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:
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