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http://www.schrijverdampcontrol.co.uk/index.php

Does anybody have any experience of this form of damp control please?

It seems remarkable but I can't find a great deal about it on-line.

Thanks

Not these directly, but I do remember a similar wonder product a few years ago that has died a death.

Did a bit of searching and found this:

http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=127788

and this:

http://www.dampbuster.co.uk/atmospheric.shtml

now the second one has an axe to grind of course, and maybe the first.

But on the website for Schrijver they reckon 80% of UK homes have damp problems. I'm afraid that statistic makes me not believe anything else they say on their site.

Edit: another possibly biased opinion:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/in ... 655AApfSfn

and this one which appears to be quite official from Australia which says this kind of thing doesn't work:

http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/mai ... ngdamp.pdf

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/sho ... ?t=2809878

Particularly post 11

To my mind if the DPC has failed then it needs replacing or injecting with a chemical barrier, silicone was the chemical of choice, I believe this has now been superseded with something less environmentally unfriendly. Having said that, injected silicone stays where it's put and does not AFAIK leach out. If the interior plasterwork is badly damaged it should be cut out and re-plastered once the wall is dry, using a chemical sealant before re-plastering to prevent salts coming through.

Thank you. I've seen enough

......and always allow plenty of time for the injected material to fully cure before plastering/redecorating. Have lost count of the number of surveys where I have see evidence of the damp still present due to hasty work.