Randwick covers a big stretch of the coastal east, with Federation, Art Deco and bungalow homes on sandstone close to the beaches. Salt air and salt in the ground drive salt damp, original damp-proof courses have usually failed, and lower coastal blocks hold moisture. Rising damp and salt damp are both common from Coogee to Maroubra.
Near the coast the finish is decisive. We diagnose the source, install a new damp-proof course where needed, and finish with a salt-resistant render so the wall can dry while resisting fresh salt damage.
Randwick's older brick homes and apartment blocks sit close to the coast on sandy, salt-bearing ground with aged damp-proof courses. Rising moisture carries salt to the surface, blistering paint and blowing plaster; near the beaches the salt fretting is worse, and if left it works into the structural wall.
Randwick's coastal blocks on sand and sandstone keep subfloors damp. An underfloor ventilation system dries them out.
Salt-laden ground attacks older eastern-suburbs masonry. Our rising damp treatment injects a fresh DPC to stop the rise.
We strip and re-coat with salt-resistant replastering.
Our mould removal clears growth and fixes the moisture cause.
We waterproof below-ground walls and wet areas against ingress.
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Randwick covers the coastal east, with Federation, Art Deco and bungalow homes on sandstone near the sea. Salt air, salt in the ground and failed damp-proof courses make rising damp and salt damp common in Coogee, Clovelly and Maroubra.
All of them — including Randwick, Coogee, Clovelly, Maroubra, Kensington, Kingsford, South Coogee, Matraville, Malabar, Chifley, La Perouse. If your suburb is not listed, call us; we cover the whole area.
Yes. Ground-floor and lower-level walls in coastal Randwick blocks commonly get rising and salt damp from the surrounding ground. We diagnose the source and treat with a damp-proof course and salt-resistant render suited to the building.