Does rising damp really exist?
There are a few people that have recently said that rising damp does not exist, some of these people have done tests by building small walls and standing them in a vessel with water in the bottom, other people say that it is impossible to detect rising damp with a damp meter! Personally I take these comments with a pinch of salt, I have renovated houses in the past that have clearly had rising damp and once the electro osmosis damp proof course had been installed the problem went away. Most mortgage companies will not lend money on a property that has rising damp and they insist on having a suitable damp proof course fitted. If your mortgage company finds rising damp then it will require treating, regardless of what anyone says about rising damp not existing.
