Camden is one of the state's historic rural districts, with colonial-era farmhouses and cottages alongside booming new estates, on clay and alluvial river-flat soils. Old masonry with no damp-proof course on damp rural ground, and new slab homes on reactive clay, both get moisture problems — rising damp in the old, slab-edge damp in the new.
We diagnose which is happening, then treat with a damp-proof course and breathable render for older homes, or slab-edge and drainage work for newer ones, so the repair holds.
Camden's mix of historic township buildings and newer estates sits on reactive clay and river flats in the south-west. Old masonry without a damp-proof course draws moisture up from damp ground, while newer slab homes on moving clay get slab-edge moisture — both leaving salts that blister paint and blow plaster.
Camden's semi-rural blocks on river-flat clay hold damp under the floor. An underfloor ventilation system clears it.
Older homesteads and brick homes here often lack a working damp course. Our damp-proof course injection stops the rise.
We re-coat with a breathable salt-resistant plaster system.
Our mould remediation clears growth and addresses the damp feeding it.
We waterproof and tank below-ground and flood-exposed walls.
A free on-site inspection gives a clear cause and fixed price.
Camden has colonial-era farmhouses on clay and alluvial river-flat ground alongside new estates on reactive clay. Old masonry with no damp-proof course and new slab homes on moving clay both get moisture, so rising and slab-edge damp are common in Narellan, Mount Annan and Oran Park.
All of them — including Camden, Narellan, Mount Annan, Oran Park, Currans Hill, Elderslie, Gregory Hills, Harrington Park, Spring Farm, Cobbitty. If your suburb is not listed, call us; we cover the whole area.
Yes. Historic Camden homes need a damp-proof method suited to old brick or stone on damp rural ground, and a breathable lime render so the walls keep drying. We match the treatment to the building and its setting.