If any of these things are occurring, you've got damp problems:
- A musty smell in the house - this is an obvious sign of 'rising damp'.
- Paint and wallpaper may start to lift from the wall surface.
- Brown stains start to appear on the wall.
- Plaster becomes flaky and soft and starts to fall away.
- White powdery or crystalline substances form on surfaces, and timber skirting boards and floorboards start to rot.
- Outside the house, symptoms such as stains and powdery deposits or mortar starting to fall out from between bricks.
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