There seems to be some controversy about rising damp - is it real, does
it really exist? Is it true that some sceptical London borough council
has a reward on offer for anyone who can demonstrate an actual example
of rising damp?

Daniele

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There seems to be some controversy about rising damp - is it real, does
it really exist? Is it true that some sceptical London borough council
has a reward on offer for anyone who can demonstrate an actual example
of rising damp?

Daniele
it used to exist BBC have a photo here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/ar...775500_1.shtml
they don't make them like them any more

D.M. Procida wrote:
There seems to be some controversy about rising damp - is it real, does
it really exist? Is it true that some sceptical London borough council
has a reward on offer for anyone who can demonstrate an actual example
of rising damp?

I'm sure that story used to be featured on:
http://ask-jeff.co.uk/building-rising-damp.htm

but Jeff Howell seems to have toned down his anti-damp-proofing-company
tirade a bit and it seems to have gone. Indeed, the above webpage is
entitled "Rising damp" is a very rare phenomenon and I'm pretty sure
he simply used to say it didn't exist, full stop.

http://www.pdoyle.net/index.html includes some quite good stuff on the
matter.

David