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Celebrities / Ini Edo Got Bashed On Cnn...must Everyone Blog? by Donsemerald: 8:05pm On Apr 27, 2016
Top 9 signs that your partner is cheating on you!

You’ve got a sinking feeling within the pit of your stomach, something isn’t always proper but you can’t pretty parent out what that feeling is set. Your partner has become remote, he/she is working late on a normal basis or, maybe your partner has moved out of the residence and not using a rationalization. you believe you studied your spouse is dishonest but whenever you convey it up with your spouse, he/she denies the opportunity. all of the signs and symptoms are there however you haven’t any evidence. So, be aware of the signs and symptoms and your instinct however, be careful now not to confuse signs and symptoms with proof.



“I Like You But I’m No Longer In Love With You.“

if you listen these phrases, a massive caution bell have to burst off. This is one of the maximum steady things a dishonest spouse will say. Your spouse might also have a deep, loving bond with you but, excessive feelings of ardour can override the bond with you and reason your spouse to lose sight of his/her authentic feelings. The dishonest spouse will expand what I call hormone – caused amnesia. The surging hormones and ardour they feel in their new relationship can motive a few very skewed thinking.


2. “We Are Simply Pals.”

This is additionally any other very predictable announcement on the way to come from a dishonest spouse. if your partner is spending increasingly time with this new “pal”; then there might be greater to it than mere friendship. Your partner can also feel they have loads in commonplace with this character, that this character knows them and matters they’re going via. whatever the reasons for the friendship, it’s a big warning signal and one you must take critically

3. A sudden want for privacy.

If things the 2 of you used to percentage overtly abruptly end up private pay interest reason some thing is probably up. He/she may additionally start password protective laptop hobby. mobile smartphone and credit card bills may be hidden. if you ask why or try to discover data that used to be commonplace knowledge between the 2 of you, you’ll be accused of snooping or trying to manage your partner. big caution sign!


4.“I Want A Few Area To Parent Out My Feelings.“

ladies and men who’re concerned with a person else will request more area, time alone or away from the circle of relatives. they’ll say it’s far due to confusion over their emotions or pressure at paintings. this could be a signal that there’s a person else and the partner is attempting to parent out approaches to have more freedom.

5. Ordinary Work Conduct Exchange.

operating late, going to paintings at abnormal hours or, putting in extra time than is normal on paintings related issues may be indications that a spouse is cheating.

6.Spending a Huge Amount Of Time At The Laptop.

In nowadays’s international, with modern technology, a person seeking out an affair doesn’t even ought to depart their home. the convenience of net chat rooms, on-line relationship web sites and secret electronic mail bills has prompted an alarming growth in emotional affairs.In case your partner is on-line greater than usual, striking out in chat rooms and journeying pornographic websites then you definitely have reason to be alarmed.


7.Secretive Phone Calls And Extra Time Spent At The Cellphone.

Emotional affairs arise usually thru the telephone, specially cell phones. if you find your spouse placing up when you enter the room or erasing the history at the mobile phone and turning into protecting when requested about it, then you definitely would possibly need to check your phone information.

8.Conduct That Simply Does Not Upload Up.

Not being where he/she changed into predicted to be. missing time they cannot provide an explanation for. cash that is not accounted for. Receipts for belongings you don’t have. missing garb. garb that does not belong in your circle of relatives. Being stuck in little lies approximately the info of the day. If some thing is off with their behavior, you must suspect dishonest


9.Your Own Fears and Suspicions

If you locate yourself looking for excuses to your partner’s behavior or seeking to persuade yourself that they could in no way cheat then that may be a caution sign. Your intuition is often one of the best indicators that some thing is wrong. if you suspect your partner might be dishonest on you, do some investigating and then speak to him/her about what you’ve got located. Do it in a way that is calm and courteous. Ask for honesty. Be organized for lies. it is a sad truth that human beings having affairs grow to be outstanding liars. those who never advised a lie earlier than in their lives. consider your intestine intuition but get hard, cold proof additionally

http://www.iniedoblog.com/2016/02/top-9-signs-that-partner-is-cheating-on.html?m=1

Properties / Prices For Doors In Nigeria Needed Urgently. by Donsemerald: 3:44pm On Mar 05, 2016
I have a big project at the level of plastering now. I am torn between using Nigerian fabricated wooden and metal security doors and their imported counterparts. My budget for internal doors is 20,000 and for security doors 40000. The project will require about 100 units.

What are the pros and cons of the locally made doors?

Do anyone have the contacts of companies or sellers that offer cheap durable doors?

Please reply to this post or email me @ Donsemerald@gmail.com.

Many thanks.
Health / I Bet You May Have Been Pooping The Wrong Way All Your Life by Donsemerald: 9:59pm On Aug 13, 2015
Pooping the wrong way? Yes! I mean exactly that! Pooping the wrong way. You might have been pooping the wrong way all along. Now let’s learn how to do it right!

In his 1966 book The Bathroom, Alexander Kira termed the sit-down toilet “the most ill-suited fixture ever designed”. According to Kira, as well as subsequent studies on the same, toilets conflict with our bodies by forcing us into unnatural positions.

Kira states that squatting is a natural position that opens the anal sphincter and moves the body’s plumbing into fitting position subsequently permitting you to poop more freely and comfortably.

Several studies have been done to ascertain Kira’s claims; one of the studies being done in 2003 and the findings published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences Journal. The study found that those who squat took approximately 51 seconds to move their bowels while the ones who used sitting toilet spent an average of 130 seconds.

Sitting on our toilets turns our bodies into anorectal angle, which kinks our rectum making it difficult for us to poop. On the contrary, squatting relaxes the puborectalis muscle taking out the kink in the process. This permits us to dispose our waste without unnecessary straining. This system additionally helps us to prevent hemorrhoids and urinary tract diseases from developing.

According to different researches that have been done, sitting toilet does not only cause hemorrhoids, but also diverticular disease. According to Bockus’s Gastroenterology, “the ideal posture for defecation is the squatting position, with the thighs fixed upon the abdomen”

However, several findings have indicated that squatting toilet helps to prevent hemorrhoids, painful swellings that occur in the anal canal due to forceful defecation. Advocates of squatting argue that by squatting we can accomplish “complete evacuation” of the colon, freeing our bowels of any disease causing toxins.

In hemorrhoid patients, the veins remain swollen for a longer period and may even bleed. In principle, squatting may fight off hemorrhoids by making pooping simpler, lessening the need to strain and decreasing abdominal pressure.

An Israeli researcher named Dov Sikirov did a study in 2003 that was published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences. He had a few dozen patients poop in each of 3 positions: sitting on a 16-inch-high toilet, a 12-inch-high toilet, and squatting over a plastic container.

He asked his subjects to record the duration every solid discharge took and rate the effort needed on a four-point scale running from smooth (effortless) to troublesome (difficult).

Sikirov found that, when squatting, subjects took only 51 seconds to move their bowels, versus 130 seconds when sitting on a high toilet. Furthermore, as they moved from a sit to a squat position, subjects were more likely to rate the experience as less demanding.

In 2009, a group of Japanese researchers expanded Sikirov’s findings by taking a closer look at what happens inside the body while individuals squat and sit. In this study, published in the Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms medical journal, six subjects had their rectums filled with a contrast solution and after that discharged the liquid from a squatting or a sitting position while being taped with X-beam device.

Image examination demonstrated that the anorectal angle increased from 100 degrees to 126 degrees as the subjects moved from a sit to a squat. The scientists additionally recorded abdominal pressure, and found that the subjects were straining less when they squatted.

The study noted,

“The greater the hip flexion accomplished by squatting, the straighter the rectoanal channel will be, and in like manner, less strain will be needed for defecation“

These findings demonstrate that squatting streamlines defecation and lessen the risks of suffering from hemorrhoids. With a squat position, bowel movements seem to happen naturally without you having to push or strain.

According to Anish Sheth, MD, co-author of the books “What’s Your Poo Telling You and What’s My Pee Telling Me,” there are some underlying physiologic sense to squatting. Anish states “Simply put, it straightens out the colon.”

You might already be contemplating building a “drop toilet” outside your apartment? No need for that, at least you have squatty potty at your service.

Health Problems Associated With Sitting Toilet

Constipation: Sitting does not permit the rectum to relax completely when it is the right time to go which eventually create hard dry stool which are difficult to eliminate.
Hemorhoids: When using a sitting toilet, you will have to apply too much pressure and pushing which subsequently causes hemorrhoids.
Colon infection: improper toilet posture can prompt a buildup of fecal matter in the colon and our bodies can’t assimilate all the supplements from the food we eat, which abandons us without vitality and could prompt colon disease.
Urinary infections/difficulties: Sitting makes it more difficult for women to urinate in light of the fact that the muscles are not totally loose.
Pelvic floor issues: The sitting position causes pressure to build up on the anorectal angle of the colon, which causes the lower section of the colon to drop and jut into the wall of the vagina.
Health Benefits of Squatting

Promotes faster and simpler disposal/pooping
Prevents waste stagnation (being left behind) that would otherwise increases the risk of colon cancer
Keeps the fecal from entering and contaminating the small intestine
Protects the pelvic floor and the nerves responsible for prostate health, bladder control and sexuality
Protects the nerves in charge of the control of prostate, bladder and uterus, preventing any stretching which can lead to damages
Assists pregnant women with a natural delivery by avoiding the pressure or weight on the uterus which occurs when they use the toilet
http://www.myhealthnwellness.com/2015/01/18/have-you-been-pooping-the-wrong-way/

Politics / Re: Buruji Kashamu Finally Arrested. by Donsemerald: 9:08pm On May 23, 2015
OREMUSSANCTUS:
Oga pls add sauce embarassed

smiley
Politics / Buruji Kashamu Finally Arrested. by Donsemerald: 9:02pm On May 23, 2015
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian drug agents on Saturday arrested a senator-elect wanted by the United States in a nearly 20-year-old heroin deal that was allegedly the basis for the TV hit "Orange Is The New Black."

Buruji Kashamu is under house arrest at his Lagos home, spokesman Ofoyeju Mitchell of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency told The Associated Press. He said Kashamu, 56, will appear in court Monday to start extradition proceedings to the United States.

Kashamu had already been suing a Nigerian court to prevent attempts to extradite him.

Kashamu had become a powerful politician and financier of President Goodluck Jonathan's party. Jonathan and his party both lost in the March election but Kashamu was elected a senator in balloting opponents said was rigged.

Kashamu has said the 1998 indictment by a grand jury in Chicago for conspiracy to import and distribute heroin in the U.S. is a case of mistaken identity. He said prosecutors really want the dead brother he closely resembles.

His lawyers called Saturday's house arrest a political conspiracy.

"This latest onslaught is a confirmation of the alleged plot to illegally abduct him in spite of the pending suit against this illegality," Kashamu spokesman Austin Oniyokor said.

At the time of his lawsuit, the United States had not filed an extradition request. It was not clear when one was filed, but Mitchell said that was the reason for Saturday's action.

The move comes days before Jonathan is to step down and President-elect Muhammadu Buhari takes office on Friday.

A previous request to extradite Kashamu from Britain failed in 2003. Kashamu spent five years in a British jail before he was freed over uncertainty about his identity. He was carrying $230,000 when he was arrested there.

A dozen people long ago pleaded guilty in the case, including American Piper Kerman, whose memoir was adapted for the Netflix hit "Orange Is The New Black." Kerman's book never identified Kashamu by name, only citing a West African drug kingpin.
http://news.yahoo.com/nigerian-senator-elect-wanted-us-drug-deal-arrested-180926331.html

Politics / Re: INEC Considers April 18 For Run-off Elections In Imo, Abia, Taraba On April 15, by Donsemerald: 10:45am On Apr 15, 2015
I know for Imo state it is because the number of "eligible" votes at the canceled polling units is more than the difference between the votes garnered by the two top contenders. It should be the same for the other two states. That's the only reason why they may be declared inconclusive.
Politics / INEC Considers April 18 For Run-off Elections In Imo, Abia, Taraba On April 15, by Donsemerald: 8:01am On Apr 15, 2015
ABUJA—The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may have scheduled the run-off governorship elections in three states, Imo, Abia and Taraba, where last Saturday’s elections were declared inconclusive, for next Saturday.
Presidential Election : From left, INEC Commissioner, Engr. Dr Nuru Yakubu, INEC Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega and INEC National Commissioner Col. Mohammed Hammanga (rtd) addressing Pressmen on Presidential Election in Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.
Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega
The April 18 proposed date was yet to be officially confirmed as sources in the commission told Vanguard yesterday that senior officials, who should take the decision, were yet to meet on the development.
INEC had declared the Imo State gubernatorial election inconclusive following the cancellation of results from 216 polling units that cut across 23 local governments with about 144 accredited voters.
In Abia State, the polls were declared inconclusive because the state electoral officer was said to have earlier cancelled the results from Obioma Ngwa, Isiala Ngwa and Osisioma Ngwa local government area, only to later authenticate the results, a development that led to protests by members of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/inec-considers-april-18-for-run-off-elections-in-imo-abia-taraba/
Celebrities / Re: Photo: Mercy Johnson Show Off Her Sexy Figure by Donsemerald: 12:08pm On Mar 15, 2015
rokiatu:
Mine is sexier. tongue


But on a serious note she's looking good. I am not a fan of her style thou.

If no be say u gettam lipsrsealed
Romance / Re: Do Guys Like This Really Exist? by Donsemerald: 7:22pm On Feb 25, 2015
PrettyEmy:
Are they guys who can actually accept to date a girl without sex and will still stay faithful?
Please be sincere, I really wana know this

I won't ask for nothing as far as you don't ask for anything you cannot give back in return. Though not with a girl like you looking so pretty. Unless I'm sure you are a Virginia and we wanna wait it out.
Jokes Etc / Re: Nigerian Pidgin Proverbs That Will Surely Make You Laugh: Add Yours Too by Donsemerald: 9:45pm On Jan 07, 2015
Child go school teacher die na Buhari grin[size=8pt][/size]
Properties / Re: How can you remedy rising damp challenge in a 4-flat apartment in Lekki? by Donsemerald: 5:17am On Nov 27, 2014
successking401:
I seem not to understand the aim of thirs article.pls are u trying to lecture on damp or u need solution to damp?if the latter is the case then we need to talk

I need a solution urgently. You can send your contact to me @ donsemerald@gmail.com.

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Properties / How can you remedy rising damp challenge in a 4-flat apartment in Lekki? by Donsemerald: 10:32pm On Nov 26, 2014
I purchased a 4-flat apartment that I have occupied one of the upper floors as a tenant. I "love" this apartment because the internal finishings looked good. Though the compound was about the same level with the "unpaved" road, the compound was never water-logged until recently when all the roads on the estate were paved except ours. The challenge we face today is multi-faceted:

1) The compound now is below road level due to regular intervention on the road (remedial pouring of rubbles).

2) A barrier has been built to stop water encroachment from the street but that means that the compound becomes "perpetually water-logged".

3) Last rainy season sacked the tenants on the ground floor due to rising damp from the wall and completely destroyed the painting and skirting as water seeps in from the floor-wall junction and forms ponds on the floor. The damp is so bad that the Chinese doors and even the ward-ropes have been destroyed.

4) The integrity of the structure is being compromised.

Please who is an expert in this subject? Can this building be salvaged from imminent collapse?


I am a geologist so I have started pulling some articles to understand the real cause of this problem and possible answers. I will be posting these articles as I wait anxiously to hear from the professionals.



Rising Damp

Tim Hutton



Rising damp is widely misdiagnosed in existing buildings, based on the incorrect interpretation of visual evidence and the readings of moisture meters. Because of a highly successful sales campaign for over 30 years by specialist remedial contractors installing injected 'chemical dampproof courses', this misdiagnosis of rising damp has also become synonymous with a diagnosis of a lack of an 'injected chemical damp-proof course'. Although this has been very good for business, it has often resulted in a waste of the clients' money and resources; original plasters and finishes have been destroyed in the process of installation, and unnecessary damage has been caused to original structures by the drilling of irrigation holes. In addition, money that might have been spent on more cost-effective maintenance or repair works has been wasted.

Whilst injected chemical damp-proof courses may provide some protection for certain types of structure if properly specified, their general application is rarely the most cost-effective way of controlling damp problems in buildings, and may be wrongly specified and ineffective. In particular the more generally available water based products may only form an effective ‘hydrophobic band’ if applied to a dry wall after it has dried out. This can prevent their effective installation in damp walls.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Rising damp actually describes the movement of moisture upward through permeable building materials by capillary action. It becomes a problem if the moisture penetrates vulnerable materials or finishes, particularly in the occupied parts of a building. This moisture will dissolve soluble salts from the building materials such as calcium sulphate, and may also carry soluble salts from its source. If the moisture evaporates through a permeable surface, these salts will be left behind and form deposits on or within the evaporative surface. Where there is a large evaporative surface, salt crystals are deposited as a harmless flour-like dusting on the surface. If evaporation is restricted to localised areas such as defects in an impermeable paint finish, then salt deposition is concentrated, forming thick crystalline deposits with the appearance of small flowers; hence the term 'efflorescence'. When evaporation occurs within the material, salts can be deposited within the pores. The expanding salt crystals in these locations may result in fractures forming in the material and spalling of the surface. This type of decay may be seen in porous brickwork or masonry.

When there has been a long-term problem with moisture penetration, evaporation at the edge of the damp area leads to a distinctive 'tide mark' as a result of salt deposition. Where this occurs at the base of a wall, the tide mark is often taken as a typical diagnostic feature of 'rising damp'. However, these salt accumulations may remain even when the water penetration that originally caused them has long gone. Similarly, water penetration may have occurred from causes other than 'rising damp'.

The most common source of moisture in the base of the walls of buildings is from defective ground and surface drainage. This is present to some degree in almost every building in the country, due to a combination of such factors as rising ground levels, the failure of ground drainage systems, and the increased use of concrete or finishes around buildings without consideration of drainage slopes.


Damp masonry at the base of walls may lead to a number of problems:

•The moisture content of the structure may rise to a level at which decay organisms may grow, or the materials themselves may be adversely affected. For example, timber skirting boards or built-in bonding timbers along the base of walls may become infected and decayed by dry rot, wet rot, weevils or woodworm.


•In very damp conditions, the inorganic materials themselves may lose their structural strength. This occurs most spectacularly with walls made of cob (earth) soaked with water.


•Damp conditions on the surface of walls, particularly in conjunction with condensation, allow the growth of moulds both on the surface and within porous or fibrous materials, such as wallpapers or carpets fitted against the base of the wall. Not only is this aesthetically unacceptable and damaging to finishes, but it can be a significant health hazard to occupants.


•Where evaporation takes place, the deposition of soluble salts on the surface or within the pores of materials can cause aesthetic and structural damage.

TREATMENT OPTIONS

As described above, 'rising damp' is only one of many mechanisms resulting in high moisture levels in the base of walls, and even when it is a significant factor, it is rarely the primary source of moisture. The management of problems due to high moisture levels requires the proper identification of the moisture source and the defect responsible, before the most cost-effective solution to the problem can be determined.

Damp and its effects may then be controlled by adopting one or more of the following measures:

•The provision of suitable moisture sinks to dissipate the moisture at its source without causing problems to the structure or occupants, and the repair of any contributing defects acting as moisture sources, such as broken pipes.


•The introduction of either physical barriers using damp-proof membranes or materials to form a 'damp-proof course' or hydrophobic (water-repellent) materials as in 'chemical damp proof courses'.


•The isolation of vulnerable materials such as timber and interior finishes from damp fabric.

READ SOURCE BELOW FOR FULL ARTICLE

http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/risingdamp/risingdamp.htm
Properties / Remedial Work Proposed To Remedy Rising Damp In 4-flat Apartment In Lekki by Donsemerald: 10:26pm On Nov 26, 2014
I purchased a 4-flat apartment that I have occupied one of the upper floors as a tenant. I love this apartment because the internal finishings looked good. Though the compound was about the same level with the "unpaved" road, the compound was never water-logged until recently when all the roads on the estate were paved except ours. The problem we face today is multi-faceted.

1) The compound now is below road level due to regular intervention on the road (pouring of rubbles).

2) A barrier has been built to stop water encroachment from the street but that means that the compound becomes "perpetually water-logged".

3) Last rainy season sacked the tenants on the ground floor due to rising damp from the wall and completely destroyed the painting and skirting as water seeps in from the floor-wall junction and forms ponds on the floor. The damp is so bad that the Chinese doors and even the ward-ropes have been destroyed.

4) The integrity of the structure is being compromised.

Please who is an expert in this subject? Can this building be salvaged from imminent collapse?


I am a geologist so I have started pulling some articles to understand the real cause of this problem and possible answers. I will be posting these articles as I wait anxiously to hear from the professionals.



Rising Damp

Tim Hutton



Rising damp is widely misdiagnosed in existing buildings, based on the incorrect interpretation of visual evidence and the readings of moisture meters. Because of a highly successful sales campaign for over 30 years by specialist remedial contractors installing injected 'chemical dampproof courses', this misdiagnosis of rising damp has also become synonymous with a diagnosis of a lack of an 'injected chemical damp-proof course'. Although this has been very good for business, it has often resulted in a waste of the clients' money and resources; original plasters and finishes have been destroyed in the process of installation, and unnecessary damage has been caused to original structures by the drilling of irrigation holes. In addition, money that might have been spent on more cost-effective maintenance or repair works has been wasted.

Whilst injected chemical damp-proof courses may provide some protection for certain types of structure if properly specified, their general application is rarely the most cost-effective way of controlling damp problems in buildings, and may be wrongly specified and ineffective. In particular the more generally available water based products may only form an effective ‘hydrophobic band’ if applied to a dry wall after it has dried out. This can prevent their effective installation in damp walls.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Rising damp actually describes the movement of moisture upward through permeable building materials by capillary action. It becomes a problem if the moisture penetrates vulnerable materials or finishes, particularly in the occupied parts of a building. This moisture will dissolve soluble salts from the building materials such as calcium sulphate, and may also carry soluble salts from its source. If the moisture evaporates through a permeable surface, these salts will be left behind and form deposits on or within the evaporative surface. Where there is a large evaporative surface, salt crystals are deposited as a harmless flour-like dusting on the surface. If evaporation is restricted to localised areas such as defects in an impermeable paint finish, then salt deposition is concentrated, forming thick crystalline deposits with the appearance of small flowers; hence the term 'efflorescence'. When evaporation occurs within the material, salts can be deposited within the pores. The expanding salt crystals in these locations may result in fractures forming in the material and spalling of the surface. This type of decay may be seen in porous brickwork or masonry.

When there has been a long-term problem with moisture penetration, evaporation at the edge of the damp area leads to a distinctive 'tide mark' as a result of salt deposition. Where this occurs at the base of a wall, the tide mark is often taken as a typical diagnostic feature of 'rising damp'. However, these salt accumulations may remain even when the water penetration that originally caused them has long gone. Similarly, water penetration may have occurred from causes other than 'rising damp'.

The most common source of moisture in the base of the walls of buildings is from defective ground and surface drainage. This is present to some degree in almost every building in the country, due to a combination of such factors as rising ground levels, the failure of ground drainage systems, and the increased use of concrete or finishes around buildings without consideration of drainage slopes.


Damp masonry at the base of walls may lead to a number of problems:

•The moisture content of the structure may rise to a level at which decay organisms may grow, or the materials themselves may be adversely affected. For example, timber skirting boards or built-in bonding timbers along the base of walls may become infected and decayed by dry rot, wet rot, weevils or woodworm.


•In very damp conditions, the inorganic materials themselves may lose their structural strength. This occurs most spectacularly with walls made of cob (earth) soaked with water.


•Damp conditions on the surface of walls, particularly in conjunction with condensation, allow the growth of moulds both on the surface and within porous or fibrous materials, such as wallpapers or carpets fitted against the base of the wall. Not only is this aesthetically unacceptable and damaging to finishes, but it can be a significant health hazard to occupants.


•Where evaporation takes place, the deposition of soluble salts on the surface or within the pores of materials can cause aesthetic and structural damage.

TREATMENT OPTIONS

As described above, 'rising damp' is only one of many mechanisms resulting in high moisture levels in the base of walls, and even when it is a significant factor, it is rarely the primary source of moisture. The management of problems due to high moisture levels requires the proper identification of the moisture source and the defect responsible, before the most cost-effective solution to the problem can be determined.

Damp and its effects may then be controlled by adopting one or more of the following measures:

•The provision of suitable moisture sinks to dissipate the moisture at its source without causing problems to the structure or occupants, and the repair of any contributing defects acting as moisture sources, such as broken pipes.


•The introduction of either physical barriers using damp-proof membranes or materials to form a 'damp-proof course' or hydrophobic (water-repellent) materials as in 'chemical damp proof courses'.


•The isolation of vulnerable materials such as timber and interior finishes from damp fabric.

READ SOURCE BELOW FOR FULL ARTICLE

http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/risingdamp/risingdamp.htm

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