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If you are planning to sell your property are you going to carry out any repairs before you put it on the market or wait for your purchasers surveyor to find the problems and risk them pulling out or considerably reducing their offer. If you put yourself in their position none of us want…
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An extensive attack of Dry Rot fungus (Serpula lacrymans) affecting two of the three apartments in Wandsworth, London SW18, has now been completely eradicated by Tapco HomeDry, at great expense to the leaseholders. The cause of the attack was something that we come across often, a minor building defect that could have been repaired…
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How do you choose a damp proofing company you can trust to stop rising damp When choosing a damp proofing company the first thing you should know is, there are no quick fix solutions. You may have been told ‘It can all be done from outside’ ‘It will only take a day’ or ‘It doesn’t…
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The most common cause of damage to any property is Damp. There are four major causes of damp, Rain Penetration, due to poor maintenance, Rising Damp, usually to older properties where the existing damp proof course has partially broken down, Lateral Damp Penetration, to walls that are constructed below the external ground level and…
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If thoroughly inspected it is likely the majority of older properties will be found to have some evidence of ‘woodworm’ but is it serious and does it need treating? There are many species of ‘woodworm’ but the most common found in the UK, often found in flooring timbers, roof timbers and furniture, is the…
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If thoroughly inspected the majority of older properties will be found to have some evidence of ‘woodworm; but is it serious and does it need treating? There are many species of ‘woodworm’ but the most common, often found in flooring timbers, roof timbers and furniture, is the Common Furniture Beetle (Anobium punctatum). Detecting an…
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The majority of reputable damp proofing companies make a nominal charge for carrying out timber and damp surveys whilst a lot of the more ‘dubious’ company state ‘we do free surveys’. How can any business provide such an important service for free? We have to employ an experienced qualified surveyor, supply him with a…
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Your drains are out of site out of mind but not when carrying out a Tapco HomeDry CCTV survey. Many basements and semi basement we survey in London are damp as a result of long term leaking of the drainage system, which over a period of time has allowed water, often contaminated, to penetrate…
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Tapco HomeDry carry out surveys on many of the property defects sometimes found by the building society or structural surveyor, prior to purchase. Often repairing the defects is a condition of the mortgage which sometimes results in a retention being made. Rather than call in a timber and damp company, a roofer, drain specialist,…
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Tapco HomeDry are just completing what turned out to be a very big Dry Rot restoration job for us and a huge disaster for our clients, who recently bought a house in Kensington, London W14. Having been supposedly renovated, prior to them purchasing the property, they were completely unaware of what had been covered…
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Tapco (Preservation) Ltd is an Introducer Appointed Representative (Financial Services Register No. 423558) of Phoenix Financial Consultants Limited (Phoenix). Phoenix is a credit broker, not a lender. Phoenix is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 539195), and offers finance from its panel of lenders. All finance subject to status and credit checks.
Damp Proofing
Basement Damp Proofing
Water Damage
Condensation Control
Dry Rot Treatment
WOODWORM & WET ROT
CAVITY Wall Ties
Property Maintenance
Waterproofing And Tanking
Structural Repairs