Rising damp in Unley, South Australia

Rising Damp Adelaide covers Unley and the surrounding suburbs. An assessment takes about an hour on site and ends with a written explanation of what the wall is doing — not a sales visit with a price on the end of it.

Salt damp in Unley

Unley is bluestone villa country, and the assessments here follow a consistent shape. The stone looks immaculate — bluestone is dense and takes up very little water — while the lime mortar between the courses has quietly turned to sand at the base of the wall. Owners often only notice when a skirting goes soft or paint stops holding along a level line inside. The repair usually involves repointing in lime rather than cement, and on these walls that choice matters more than almost anything else in the job.

Why it shows up when it does

Two things shape every assessment in Unley. The walls are bluestone with brick quoins, 1880s to 1900s, which sets where the moisture and the salt actually travel. And the damp course is none, or a failed slate course, which sets whether this is a missing barrier, a broken one, or a bridged one.

Worth remembering that Adelaide is not a wet city. It gets less rain than Hobart does. What it has is the swing between a wet winter and a genuinely hot dry summer, and that swing is the engine that drives salt into the stone.

Arranging an assessment in Unley

Assessment and written diagnosis cost nothing. A fixed price follows, itemised, so you can see what is drainage, what is damp course and what is stone repair.

Nearby: Prospect, Goodwood, Hyde Park, Semaphore.