penetrating damp – Indoor Air Quality Blog http://airquality.me.uk Blog About Indoor Air Quality Issues and Investigations Thu, 01 Jul 2021 13:41:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.18 High humidity and mould contamination http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/high-humidity-mould-contamination/ http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/high-humidity-mould-contamination/#respond Thu, 09 Aug 2018 18:38:34 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2334 Property suffering mould contamination In today’s article we will be discussing our recent visit to Salisbury. Our client requested our attendance at his dental practice, as it has a history of high humidity and mould contamination. It was our job to make an assessment of the indoor air quality in relation to selected biological contaminants.  […]

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Damp and Mould investigation in Wiltshire http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/damp-mould-investigation-wiltshire/ http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/damp-mould-investigation-wiltshire/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:03:20 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2142 Assessing the indoor air quality In this article, we discuss our most recent project where we were instructed to carry out an assessment of the indoor air quality in relation to selected biological contaminants. The building we were called to assess was a two storey terraced town building which was built back in the 1970’s […]

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Damp and mould survey in a Dental Practice http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/damp-mould-survey-dental-practice/ http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/damp-mould-survey-dental-practice/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:48:56 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2204 History of water damage in the property Our next project took us to Exeter, where our client instructed us to carry out a damp and mould survey in one of his dental practices. The purpose of our investigation would be to evaluate the extent of the water damage in the property, identify the root cause […]

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Carrying out a Microbiological Investigation http://airquality.me.uk/microbiological-investigation/carrying-microbiological-investigation/ http://airquality.me.uk/microbiological-investigation/carrying-microbiological-investigation/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:55:13 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2176 History of water damage in property Our next client contacted us and asked us to carry out a partial property inspection and microbiological sampling in the basement of a well known bank in Porthmadog. Our aim of this investigation would be to evaluate the extent of the water damage to the property basement, assess the […]

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Indoor Air Quality Assessment in Ilkeston http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/indoor-air-quality-assessment-ilkeston/ http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/indoor-air-quality-assessment-ilkeston/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:02:43 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2073 Assessing Indoor Air Quality in a Dental Practice Our most recent project took us to Ilkeston, where our client invited us to attend his dental practice with the objective of carrying out an assessment of the indoor air quality in relation to biological contaminants. The building has a history of long term condensation and mould […]

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Mould investigation in a period building http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/mould-investigation-period-building/ http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/mould-investigation-period-building/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:19:25 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2038 Are period buildings prone to mould? Old, dusty and damp period buildings provide perfect conditions for mould growth. In such buildings mould can be found growing on wall surfaces, the ceiling and on interior decorations. The main reason for this is usually the deterioration of building materials used in the construction all those years ago. […]

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Damp investigation in Wakefield http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/damp-investigation-wakefield/ http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/damp-investigation-wakefield/#respond Sat, 09 Dec 2017 22:20:08 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=1907 Damp history within the property  Wakefield, a small town in West Yorkshire was our next stop. The building of interest was a dental practice in which we were requested to carry out a building inspection and damp survey. The practice is a three-storey terraced town building with brick external walls and a pitched tiled roof. […]

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Conducting a Damp Investigation in Willington http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/conducting-damp-investigation/ http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/conducting-damp-investigation/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:55:51 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=1870 History of Damp in dental practice  Our next project, a two storey terraced property is a former residential building which had been converted and extended into a dental practice. The first floor of the dental surgery consists of 1 dental surgery, a combined reception and waiting area, a customers’ toilet, two storage rooms and an […]

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An investigation into damp found in a Dental Practice http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/investigation-damp-found-dental-practice/ http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/investigation-damp-found-dental-practice/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:21:09 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=1855 Buildings history of damp Our next project was a dental practice situated in Kings Lynn. We visited the property in order to carry out an indoor air quality assessment. The dental practice is an end-terrace two storey town building situated in King’s Lynn town centre. The ground floor of the dental practice consists of four […]

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Mould in basement http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/mould-in-basement/ http://airquality.me.uk/indoor-air-quality/mould-inspection/mould-in-basement/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:11:01 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=222 Basements are particularly sensitive to mould contamination due to water penetration though the walls. Basements have not been designed to accommodate people but were usually used for storage of materials, fuels and the odd items. In recent years the number basements converted into flats or good storage areas have been steadily rising. Many challenges have […]

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