Strathfield is famous for grand Federation and Victorian homes on large, established blocks with clay-shale soils. Many of these heritage houses have solid masonry walls with failed or no damp-proof course, heavy planting that shades and dampens the ground, and low subfloors with poor airflow. Rising damp and salt-affected lower walls are common.
Heritage homes need careful, breathable treatment. We diagnose the source, install a new course suited to solid masonry where needed, and finish with a breathable, salt-resistant or lime render so the original walls keep drying rather than being sealed.
Strathfield's grand Federation and Victorian homes sit on clay soils with original damp-proof courses long past their life. Ground moisture rises through the brick leaving salts that blister paint and blow ornate plaster, and on these large, established blocks shaded subfloors keep the lower walls damp if left untreated.
Strathfield's grand period homes on large blocks often have shaded, damp subfloors. We fit subfloor ventilation to dry them.
On these older Federation and Victorian homes our DPC injection installs a fresh damp course to stop the rise.
We re-coat with a breathable salt-resistant plaster system suited to period walls.
Our mould remediation clears growth and fixes the moisture cause.
We apply tanking and waterproofing to below-ground and wet areas.
A free damp assessment gives a clear cause and fixed price.
Strathfield is full of grand Federation and Victorian homes on large, leafy blocks with clay-shale soils. Solid masonry with failed damp-proof courses, shaded damp ground and low subfloors make rising damp common across Strathfield, Homebush and Croydon.
All of them — including Strathfield, Strathfield South, Homebush, Homebush West, Croydon, Belfield, Greenacre, Enfield, Flemington. If your suburb is not listed, call us; we cover the whole area.
No. We work sympathetically with heritage homes, using a breathable lime or salt-resistant render and methods suited to solid masonry, so the treatment lasts without harming original detailing. We discuss the approach before any work starts.