Easy DIY Solution to Treat Rising Damp in Walls

Roger uses one of his favourite products for treating rising damp internally in brick walls.

We show you how to treat damp walls in an old house internally with Dryrod from Safeguard Europe, their latest development in Rising Damp treatment.

Dryrod provides a highly effective damp-proof course even in saturated internal walls. This results in salts in the wall being less mobile and therefore less able to migrate further into the plaster.

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Check out Safeguard’s website: http://www.dryrods.com

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