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Damp Proofing Callosa d'en Sarrià
Damp proofing for Callosa d'en Sarrià — fincas, town houses and villas in the town where our own office is.
Callosa d'en Sarrià is where Dragon Reforms is based, so this is about as local as our work gets.
It is a valley town inland of the coast, surrounded by the níspero terraces the town is known for — Callosa is the centre of Spain's loquat growing — with running water in the valley and the Algar falls above it. There is noticeably more water in this landscape than there is on the seafront, and it shows in the buildings.
The property is mostly older than the coastal stock: traditional stone fincas out among the terraces, town houses in the centre, and villas on the slopes around.
Fincas
Traditional Fincas Among the Terraces
A finca out on the terraces is the job this page exists for. Thick stone or masonry walls, no damp proof course, ground levels that have shifted over generations of cultivation, and irrigation channels that have been running past some of these buildings for a very long time.
Those walls were built to handle moisture by letting it evaporate, not by holding it out. Which means the modern instinct — seal the wall — is often precisely the wrong move. Seal one face and the moisture tends to come out of the other, usually taking the plaster with it.
We assess the building before recommending anything, and where a finca does need a damp proofing system we choose one that suits the wall rather than fighting it.
Local
The Advantage of Being Local
Our office is on Calle San Isidre in the centre of Callosa. For work in the town and the valley around it, that means we can come and look at a problem quickly, and come back easily if something needs watching over a period — which damp sometimes does, because the useful information is often how a wall behaves after rain rather than how it looks on one dry afternoon.
It also means the building work afterwards is straightforward to programme: render, plaster, decorating and flooring by the same firm that did the damp treatment.
Ground water
A Valley With Water Running Through It
Terraced agricultural land, irrigation and a valley floor all mean ground that holds more water than a coastal plot does. Buildings sitting in it draw from it.
The result is the classic pattern: a band of persistent damp along the bottom of a wall, plaster breaking down, salts coming to the surface and paint lifting. Where that turns out genuinely to be rising damp, a damp proof course and the replastering that goes with it is the treatment.
Where it turns out to be something else — a leaking irrigation channel, a downpipe discharging against a wall, ground levels that have built up outside — then dealing with that is cheaper and lasts longer.
How it works
How a Damp Survey in Callosa d'en Sarrià Works
Here the survey often starts outside with the irrigation and the ground levels, because in a valley of terraces and water channels those explain a great many walls that look like textbook rising damp from the inside.
From there we say what we think is causing it and recommend something proportionate — occasionally a smaller job than expected. Diagnosis → Treatment → Repair → Finishing, with the replastering and decorating afterwards part of the same job. The survey and the quotation cost you nothing, and the work is guaranteed.
Questions
Damp Proofing Callosa d'en Sarrià — Common Questions
Are you actually based in Callosa d'en Sarria?
Yes. The Dragon Reforms office is on Calle San Isidre in Callosa, which makes this and the surrounding towns our most local work.
Can you damp proof a traditional finca?
Yes, and fincas are a large part of what we do. The key point is that old stone and masonry walls behave differently from modern construction. They generally need to let moisture evaporate, so sealing them can make matters worse. Each one is assessed on its own construction.
There is damp along the bottom of a wall in our finca. Is it rising damp?
It may be, and in this valley the ground does hold more water than it does on the coast. But the same appearance can come from a leaking irrigation channel, a downpipe discharging at the wall or ground levels that have built up outside - all of which are cheaper to put right. That is what the survey is for.
Across the area
Damp Proofing in the Surrounding Towns
Callosa d'en Sarrià is one of nine towns with its own damp proofing page. The main Damp Proofing Costa Blanca page covers every treatment in full.
Damp Proofing Calpe
Damp surveys, waterproofing and remedial building work in Calpe and the surrounding area.
View Calpe →Damp Proofing Altea
Damp surveys, waterproofing and remedial building work in Altea and the surrounding area.
View Altea →Damp Proofing Benidorm
Damp surveys, waterproofing and remedial building work in Benidorm and the surrounding area.
View Benidorm →Damp Proofing La Nucía
Damp surveys, waterproofing and remedial building work in La Nucía and the surrounding area.
View La Nucía →Damp Proofing Finestrat
Damp surveys, waterproofing and remedial building work in Finestrat and the surrounding area.
View Finestrat →Damp Proofing Villajoyosa
Damp surveys, waterproofing and remedial building work in Villajoyosa and the surrounding area.
View Villajoyosa →Damp Proofing Alfaz del Pi & Albir
Damp surveys, waterproofing and remedial building work in Alfaz del Pi & Albir and the surrounding area.
View Alfaz del Pi & Albir →Damp Proofing Polop
Damp surveys, waterproofing and remedial building work in Polop and the surrounding area.
View Polop →Get in touch
Damp, Mould or Water Coming In — in Callosa d'en Sarrià?
If you have damp, black mould, peeling paint, blown plaster or a musty smell that keeps coming back in a Callosa d'en Sarrià property, we will come and look at it and tell you what we think is causing it.
Villa, finca, town house, apartment or underbuild.
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Tell us where the damp is and what the property is. We cover Callosa d'en Sarrià and the surrounding north Costa Blanca, and the survey and quotation cost you nothing.
- Phone
- 0034 639917798
0034 669261858 - +34 639 91 77 98
- dragonreforms@gmail.com
- Address
- Calle San Isidre No 8, Pl 1 Dr
03510 Callosa de Ensarrià, Alicante - Hours
- Monday to Saturday, 9am–8pm