What this actually is
We treat efflorescence as a symptom and investigate accordingly. Where is the water entering, how is it moving through the wall, and where is it evaporating. Answer that and the deposit stops returning on its own.
We will clean and treat the surface once the source is dealt with, not before, because doing it the other way round just means doing it again.
Signs you have this problem
How the work runs
Where it is, where it is worst, and what that tells us about the water path.
Readings through the wall and outside it, to find where water is getting in.
Drainage, pointing, sealing or tanking, whatever the survey points at.
Surface cleaned and treated once the water is dealt with.
What is included
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Questions people ask
We can, and it will come back. We would rather find out why it is there first and let you decide.
The deposit itself is not. What it tells you about water moving through the structure can be, which is the reason to look.
Once the water source is dealt with, the wall has to dry out. That takes weeks, sometimes longer on a thick wall.
Ask about this
Someone who knows efflorescence comes back to you the same working day.
Related work
Keeping water out of a basement is a drainage problem before it is a sealing problem. Paint on the wall is not waterproofing.
What we fix Major projectFailed pointing is a water entry point across a whole elevation, not a cosmetic problem.
What we fix Major projectContain, remove, treat and verify, with the moisture source fixed. Remediation without that is just an expensive delay.
What we fixNext step
We will tell you straight away whether this is something we can take on at your address.
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