Rising Damp Perth assesses damp in Victoria Park, WA 6100, and we meter the wall before we quote.
Victoria Park's tight grid of pre-war cottages has been subdivided and rebuilt around, and one cause to rule out here is drainage from a newer building next door running against an old wall that was never designed to be wet. Where two eras of house sit half a metre apart, the older one takes the water.
Where a newer building sits close to an older one, roof and surface drainage from the new place can run against a wall that was never designed to be wet. The older house takes the water and shows the damage. That is worth establishing before any treatment, because fixing the drainage may be most of the fix, and because it is a different conversation about who pays.
Also relevant to Victoria Park, and written once for every suburb it affects: ground raised past the damp course.
| Ground level within 250 m | 7 to 29 m above sea level (approx.) |
|---|---|
| Ground level at the centre | about 12 m |
| Indian Ocean coast (salt air) | about 13.3 km from the centre, straight line |
| Nearest river | Swan River, about 1.1 km from the centre, straight line |
| Perth CBD | about 3.9 km, straight line |
| Streets inside the suburb | Berwick Street, Albany Highway, McMillan Street and Miller Street |
| Parks and reserves | Memorial Gardens, Duncan Reserve and Read Park |
A 90 m model cannot show which Victoria Park lot sits lowest, so where run-off goes is checked on site. That matters for the detail above: an old wall beside a newer building can take its drainage. At 13.3 km from the coast and 1.1 km from the Swan River, neither sea salt nor the river is the first suspect.
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