Bayside wraps around Botany Bay, so many homes sit on sandy, low-lying ground close to salt water with a high water table. Sand drains fast but stays moist near the bay, and salt in the ground rides up into the walls. Federation, bungalow and brick homes here commonly get rising damp and, in particular, salt damp.
Where salt is in the wall, the finish is decisive. We diagnose the source, install a damp-proof course where needed, and finish with a salt-resistant render that lets the wall dry while resisting fresh salt damage near the bay.
Bayside's mix of older brick homes near Botany Bay sits on sandy, low-lying ground with a high water table and aged damp-proof courses. Moisture rises readily through the walls, leaving salts that blister paint and blow plaster, and in low spots it keeps subfloors and lower walls persistently wet.
Bayside's low coastal blocks near the bay hold moisture under the floor. We install subfloor ventilation to dry the underfloor.
Salt air and a high water table attack older walls. Our damp-proof course injection stops the rise at the source.
We re-coat with a breathable salt-resistant plaster system.
Coastal humidity feeds mould; our mould remediation clears it at the cause.
We waterproof and tank below-ground walls and wet areas against the high water table.
Book a free damp inspection for a clear diagnosis.
Bayside sits around Botany Bay on sandy, low-lying ground with a high water table close to salt water. Salt rides up into the walls, so rising damp and especially salt damp are common in Rockdale, Brighton-le-Sands and Mascot.
All of them — including Rockdale, Brighton-le-Sands, Mascot, Eastgardens, Kogarah Bay, Bexley, Arncliffe, Banksia, Sans Souci, Ramsgate, Botany. If your suburb is not listed, call us; we cover the whole area.
Very likely. Near Botany Bay, ground and sea salts ride up with rising damp and crystallise in the lower walls, flaking paint and fretting the brick. The fix is to stop the rise and finish with a salt-resistant render. We confirm it at inspection.