Cause-led remediation for social housing. Ventilation, fabric, thermal performance and treatment — specified from survey, evidenced on completion.
Mould washed off a wall grows back. Damp and mould in social housing is almost always a systems problem — inadequate ventilation, cold bridging, failed glazing, moisture with nowhere to go. Our remediation packages address the mechanism that produced the mould, not just the surface it appeared on.
Every case is surveyed before work begins, the specification is itemised, and the resident signs off on completion. Works are delivered with the household in occupation.
A recent completed property for a major social housing landlord, delivered under a damp and mould instruction:
Wall-mounted extract fan installed. Proprietary vent kit fitted to provide continuous background ventilation.
Failed double glazed unit reglazed in clear low-emissivity glass, raising internal surface temperature and reducing surface condensation.
Affected wall areas dubbed out and made good in two coats, restoring a sound, continuous substrate.
Two coats of anti-condensation paint applied to ceilings to reduce cold surface condensation.
Affected surfaces treated with the full three-stage MGC system — sanitise, sterilise, and a fungicidal additive in the finishing coats.
PVCu windows and doors checked, cleaned and adjusted so trickle vents and seals function as designed.
Every mould-affected surface we treat goes through the same three-stage system, using MGC (Mould Growth Consultants) products approved by the Health & Safety Executive under the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986. It is not a wipe-down.
The affected surface is cleaned and sanitised, physically removing the mould growth and the organic residue it feeds on.
A fungicidal sterilising solution is applied to the cleaned substrate, killing residual spores and hyphae left in the surface.
An MGC fungicidal additive is mixed into the paint and coatings before decoration, so the finished surface itself resists regrowth.
All MGC treatments used are HSE-approved under C.O.P.R. 1986 (as amended). COSHH assessments and product data sheets are held for every product and are available on request.
Some cases cannot be treated at the surface. Where a leak has saturated a wall build-up over a long period, the contamination is behind the lining — in the insulation, on the back of the board, on the substrate. Anti-mould paint over that wall will fail.
We survey to establish which case we are in, and we say so. On a recent void, the source was a leaking soil vent pipe — repaired first, the structure dried for four weeks, and only then rebuilt. See the full case study →
Damp and mould cases are, by definition, in homes where someone is already living with a problem. Appointments are made and kept, works are sequenced around the household, and the resident signs a post-inspection form confirming the works and recording any comments. Outstanding items are logged and tracked to closure rather than left informally.
Damp and mould is no longer a maintenance issue. It is a legal and regulatory one, with defined timescales for investigation and remediation, and a requirement to evidence what was found and what was done.
Our current average damp and mould case resolution time is three weeks from instruction to sign-off.
Cause-led remediation for housing associations and local authorities, delivered in occupied homes.
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