A very large proportion of these houses suffer from severerisingdamp.
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They know that the county council has pulled the roof upon its own head by failing to deal with therisingdampin the foundations.
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Risingdampmakes a house into a hovel.
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I stick to my old school, which is the school of therisingdamp.
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They are leaking and there isrisingdampas a result of defective damp-proof courses.
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Alarming mistakes have been made which have causedrisingdamp, and so on.
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I am not sure whether he is in the process of drying out or whether he is still suffering fromrisingdamp.
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We haverisingdampon every wall including interior walls.
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There are 21,000 dwellings that need rewiring, and a similar number are suffering fromrisingdamp.
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Quality education cannot be provided when many schools have leaking roofs,risingdampand dry rot.
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The porch showed signs of extensive penetrating andrisingdamp.
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Many of these places are terrible; they haverisingdampand lack the basic amenities.
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People living in basements withrisingdampcome to us with their complaints.
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There is hardly anything that one can do now to stop therisingdampcompletely, but it might be possible to hold it back a little.
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It is for this reason that electrical moisture meters are often used when surveying forrisingdamp.
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