Welcome to The Damp Proofing Association, your trusted partner for comprehensive surveyor services and expert technical solutions. Discover unparalleled expertise and excellence in building inspections.
At The Damp Proofing Association, we take pride in our commitment to quality, precision, and professionalism. Our team of experts is dedicated to providing top-notch technical services and accurate surveyor reports that exceed industry standards. Join us in our mission to elevate standards in damp proofing inspections.
Our members are substantially different from other Association members or contractors. We have a strong enthesis on technical ability and training.
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No other contractors are offering such intensive and qualified surveys in the UK.
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We are a non-profit making organisation run for our members and essentially helping the general public to save money. The Association is run under the management of Terry Williams BSc (Hons) MSc BEng a qualified professional Engineer and Surveyor. Terry is also a recognised expert witness at Court.
We are the only Association that has its own dedicated team of qualified technical Surveyors who only conduct surveys for a fee and thus being completely impartial. The reports are wholly accurate and results determined by complex methodology.
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All our Surveyors hold professional Indemnity insurance for £500,000 per Survey.
We offer a full service of legal reports drafted in Court ready Legal format designed to assist claimants in Court Cases. Contact us for details.
We have over 150 members across the UK and Northern Ireland and have been trading as the Damp Proofing Association since 2011. All our members are fully qualified and experienced all have been vetted so the members of the public can be assured they are dealing with professionals. Why risk Googling a contractor when we have a qualified expert in your area?
Contractors or surveyor can apply for membership you will be vetted and must be experienced in Damp Proofing and be able to provide a reference which will be checked.
The yearly membership fee is a modest £195.00 + VAT Per Year but you need to conduct yourself professionally at all times and provide the public with value for money and efficient service.
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Our principle members can provide extensive Basement Conversion services in London and the South East. We are the only Association that offers a full Basement Conversion service as follows:
All the above comprehensive services are conducted by our principle members (In London and South East only).
We are the only Association whose members are qualified to undertake such technical skills. This service is unique to the DPA and saves thousands of pounds to clients budgets. We conduct on average 20 basement conversions per month.
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We are open 09.00 - 18.00 x 7 Days a Week
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Our detailed damp proofing surveys ensure thorough assessments and accurate reports for informed decision-making.
We only make realistic plans, ensuring that we finish on time at the agreed price, leaving site clean and tidy. You will see stories relating to Sub Contractors of firms not turning up on time, leaving mess and poor workmanship. DPA members never Sub Contract and always conduct themselves in an ethical and professional manner.
All DPA members provide the highest possible standard in technical content using analytical and electronic equipment to provide our home buyers reports. Our reports are accepted by all lenders across the Country, all work comes with a 30 years underwritten Guarantee unlike many other contractors who can only provide a 10 or 20 year guarantee. In some cases outside of London our reports are free.
Benefit from our team of skilled professionals who leverage advanced techniques and tools in every project.
We are always on hand to support you throughout the project, our members only employ fully qualified tradesmen of the highest standards to deliver quality products and services. As DPA members, Surveyors are required to provide a detailed schedule of works or repair to their technicians therefore, everyone knows exactly what is require and where this is very important to provide a high quality and exact service.
All DPA Surveyors are trained and Qualified to the highest standards possible, and don’t simply rely on “damp meters” but use sophisticated techniques such as Calcium Carbide testing and thermal imaging as well as analytical methods to determine Chloride and Sulphate contents of substrate.
As a respected association, we lead the way in setting benchmarks for quality and excellence in damp proofing solutions.
DPA members have teams of development experts who can construct new buildings or convert damp basements into lovely dry living spaces. Our members have been involved in projects at London’s Heathrow airport involving structural water proofing of vast storage spaces costing hundreds of thousands of pounds the lead contractor insisting on DPA members only who can provide a fully underwritten 30 year guarantee for their works.
DPA members deliver in terms of quality finish there is no sub-contracting so common with local competitors who often replace quality with profit. All DPA technicians have undertaken extensive courses in damp proofing and structural water proofing techniques and finishes. They have a full technical understanding of what is required and how to achieve that goal.
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