The Eastern Suburbs run along Sydney's coast, mixing premium Victorian terraces and semis in Paddington and Woollahra with Federation, Art Deco and beachside homes from Bondi to Maroubra — almost all on sandstone close to the sea. Constant salt-laden air and salt in the ground drive salt damp, original damp-proof courses have usually failed, and rendered coastal facades trap moisture. Rising damp and salt damp are both very common.
By the coast the finish is decisive. We diagnose the true source, install a new damp-proof course where the wall needs it, and finish with a breathable, salt-resistant render that lets the masonry dry while standing up to the coastal salt load.
The Eastern Suburbs' coastal position means salt rides up with ground moisture into the lower walls of its terraces, semis and beachside homes, crystallising in the brick and fretting the surface. Left untreated the tide mark climbs, paint blisters, plaster blows and salt works into the structural masonry — the most costly damage to reverse.
Coastal blocks on sand and sandstone keep subfloors damp near the water. An underfloor ventilation system dries the space.
Salt-laden ground attacks older eastern-suburbs masonry. Our rising damp treatment injects a fresh DPC to stop the rise.
We re-coat with a breathable salt-resistant plaster system built for coastal salt.
Coastal humidity feeds mould; our mould remediation clears it at the cause.
For basements, balconies and below-ground walls we waterproof and tank against water ingress.
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The Eastern Suburbs are coastal, with Victorian terraces, Art Deco blocks and beachside homes on sandstone close to the sea. Constant salt air, salt in the ground and failed damp-proof courses make rising damp and salt damp very common in Bondi, Paddington, Randwick and Coogee.
All of them — including Bondi, Bronte, Coogee, Randwick, Paddington, Double Bay, Woollahra, Vaucluse, Bellevue Hill, Maroubra, Clovelly and Rose Bay. If your suburb isn't listed, call us; we cover the whole region.
Right on the coast there is salt in the air and the ground, and it rides up into the walls with rising damp, crystallising and breaking down plaster and brick. Beachside homes need a salt-resistant render to last, which we use wherever salt is present.