Is This Damp Treatment Any Good?

Dec 18, 2006 8 Replies

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simple and apparently used at Westminster Abbey... :)



Finished result looks a bit unsightly, though.



Can't argue with the logic of it I suppose, but I didn't think porcelain was porous.

Ok for that old eyesore though

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================================ This subject was discussed here about a year ago and the informed opinion then was that they don't work.

I can't find a reference but I think there will soon be people along to give the technical details (for why they won't work) which were quite convincing as far as I remember.

Cic.

IIRC the conclusion was that you might just as well drill holes and not bother with the tubes :-)

Peter

No. the tubes salt up and no furher evaporation can then occur. But youre thinking along the wrong path altogther. If there is a damp problem, it doesnt need a (steeply priced) magic treatment, it needs the cause putting right. It aint rocket science, just sort out whats gone wrong.

Theres a great deal of misinformation about damp n the world. It its an old house, try

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Perhaps someone should tell the conservationists at Westminster Abbey

Used to be called Doulton Wallguard. They went broke.

A donation to the restoration fund can work wonders with conservationists.

unglazed ceramic objects are cheap enough if anyone wants to try it.

NT

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