Kensington is blessed and home to some of the most sought after, handsome and elegant architecture.
It under went development in the mid 19th century after the great exhibition when Prince Albert constructed three museums. South Kensington and Gloucester Road underground were built in 1868 stimulating growth and development of the former agricultural land. Rows of gracious terraced Victorian stuccoed houses and mansion blocks with typical elegance and detailing of the Handmade Victorian period.
Home to the high fliers and celebrities, designs are still forever evolving, along with upgrades of period designs to meet current building regulations and standards.
The importance of preserving English heritage and maintaining modern living standards is crucial to every part of our technique and choice of systems.
This style of architecture is attracted to damp conditions with its core constructed of typical London stock bricks, lime mortar, flat roof and terraces, cast iron down pipes, slate tiles & lead flashings.
Commonly problems occur as sand cements are replaced internally and patched with light weight bondings along with electrical and plumbing upgrades.
We have undertaken many projects involving tanking of basements into cinema rooms and prestigious wine cellars. Similarly we upgrade many damp courses originally of slate/glass and none at all to chemical damp courses and reinstate the plasterwork to high specification.
London damp company have completed many projects in Kensington for many high street agents, management companies and celebrity clients.
For a free estimate or damp report please contact out highly experienced surveyors for complete diagnosis of rising damp, penetration damp, timber infestation, condensation management or tanking systems.