Dampness is one of the chronic ailments of the construction industry. In an apartment, it does more than damage the structure and create safety risks: it can also harm the health and quality of life of the people living there, and the cost of repairing everything it damages, in the structure and in the property inside it, is rarely small.
It can develop for many different reasons, which is why a waterproofing fix does not always work: every dampness problem has its own cause, and needs a solution suited to that cause.
Someone who understands waterproofing inside and out, and knows how to solve dampness problems, is a waterproofing expert: typically a professional trained specifically in the field, with deep knowledge of the different waterproofing problems, the methods for solving them, thermal insulation, and waterproofing materials.
Their expertise runs from the planning stage all the way through to actually solving the problem. A waterproofing expert can:
- Advise on waterproofing as early as the architectural planning stage of the property.
- Solve waterproofing problems of every kind.
- Check whether the existing waterproofing in a property is optimal: whether the materials are suitable, the methods correct, and more.
- Examine any property and identify construction defects related to waterproofing that could cause dampness.
If dampness keeps coming back every winter even though you already hired someone to treat it,
it is time to step up and bring in a waterproofing expert for an advanced inspection. That means technology such as a thermal (infrared) camera, which images the area and reveals where the dampness is, or ground-penetrating and concrete-penetrating radar, which reads the composition of the ground or concrete and detects dampness inside it.
With the right equipment and the professional knowledge and skill to identify and treat dampness, an expert like this knows exactly what steps will bring a recurring problem to an end.
So if you are dealing with recurring dampness at home, in an office, or in a store, and you want to avoid low safety, high financial damage, and the health problems repeated dampness can cause, the solution is a waterproofing expert with the tools and knowledge to solve it.
Plenty of people in the market call themselves a waterproofing expert. Work only with someone who holds certificates proving they completed real training in the field.
The engineers of Arad Bedek Bayit, led by building engineer Ron Arad, whom courts appoint as their own expert on construction defects. The company has been inspecting apartments and buildings since 2001. Engineer Ron Arad · More about the company