A&G

28/08/2026

Patched over, painted over, papered over. None of it worked.
This Staple Hill property had years of poor repairs hiding a damp problem underneath. The owner was trying to sell and buyers kept walking or knocking money off.
Lounge and dining room stripped floor to ceiling, hallway back to dado both sides, chemical DPC injected, mesh membrane, boarded and skimmed. Ten year guarantee, transferable to the buyer.
Done properly once, instead of badly five times.

25/08/2026

25/08/2026

25/08/2026

Back on the trowel this afternoon

21/08/2026

The healthy house podcast

14/08/2026

Sometimes you’ve just got to strip it right back. 👀
Two bedrooms in this bungalow getting the damp sorted properly before the revamp begins. Full reveal coming soon…

14/08/2026

Moores Cottage, Stogursey — finished and cleaned down. 🏠

A proper period property job, and we’re pleased with how the inglenook has come out. Have a look at that arch — the brick and stonework had been buried under salt-contaminated render for years.

The survey found historic penetrating damp and rising damp through the fireplace, dining room, staircase and the bedroom wardrobe above. The radius corner beside the fireplace had been re-skimmed by decorators only weeks before, and the salts had already come back through the new plaster. That’s the sign the background needs treating, not decorating.

While on site we also found a structural timber beside the inglenook riddled with woodworm, which took us up into the roof void — where the infestation had spread through the main roof timbers.

Completed works:
🔹 Inglenook — render off, salt inhibitor, tanking slurry, waterproof render with float finish
🔹 Inglenook floor — PermaCOAT Pro one-coat epoxy DPM with sand key, ready for the owner’s finish
🔹 Dining room, staircase, bedroom wardrobe — plaster off to 1200mm, salt inhibitor, slurry coat, re-render
🔹 Woodworm — Lignum Pro applied by mechanical spray to the roof void and affected timber

Everything sheeted, protected and cleaned down on completion, and all covered by our 10-year guarantee.

Let the new render dry fully before decorating — a breathable finish is the way to go.

Established 1990 — Somerset, Bristol, Devon and Dorset.
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14/08/2026

Job complete — period cottage, Stogursey ✅

Swipe to see that inglenook. Salt-contaminated render off, tanking slurry and waterproof render on, and the original stone and brick arch left exposed. Floor sealed with PermaCOAT Pro one-coat epoxy DPM, sanded to a key and ready for the owner’s chosen finish.

Dining room, staircase and bedroom wardrobe all re-rendered to 1200mm on salt inhibitor and slurry coat. Roof timbers and the fireplace timber treated with Lignum Pro against active woodworm.

Cleaned down, cleared out, 10-year guarantee to follow.