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Rising Damp Ipswich assesses and treats damp in Basin Pocket, and the wall is metered before we quote.
Basin Pocket is tucked into a bend of the Bremer, and council's historical flood maps cover the 1974, 2011 and 2022 events. Any damp assessment here has to answer the flood question first. A wall that took river water carries salts through its full thickness, and it will keep showing damage for years after it has dried, whether or not it has a damp problem underneath.
Older housing, some of it modified after flooding: raised, rebuilt from the floor up, or repaired in place with plasterboard over brick that was never allowed to dry. That last case is the one that produces the worst-looking wall and the most misleading moisture reading.
Where the water table is high, it can keep a wall damp on its own, without any help from ground levels or paving. Here the difference between rising damp and residual flood moisture is hard to call and worth calling correctly.
| Height range, 250 m around the centre | about 14–24 m above sea level |
|---|---|
| Height at the centre | about 23 m |
| Bremer River | about 0.4 km from the centre (straight line) |
| Ipswich CBD | about 1.9 km (straight line) |
| Named roads | Blackall Street and Charlotte Street |
With the Bremer River only 0.4 km from its centre, check the Basin Pocket address against Ipswich City Council's flood information. If the wall took river water, salt is through its full thickness, and a damp course alone will not clear it.
The six signs are on the home page, the order of the work on how it works, prices on the cost page and the measuring method on the about page. If the wall took river water, salt removal and re-rendering can be most of the bill. Plasterboard fixed over wet brick after a flood may have to come off first.
We work across the Ipswich local government area and the western corridor.
Rising Damp Ipswich