Our surveyors
Alun and Rhian do every survey and write every report. Neither is paid on what they recommend, which is why plenty of reports recommend nothing from us.
Alun spent twenty years as a building surveyor for a housing association in Gwent before starting Drywell in 2005, because he was tired of seeing people sold damp-proof courses they did not need. He still does most of the surveys and writes every report.
Rhian joined in 2015 from a conservation builder in Chepstow, where she learned lime mortar and why old walls need to breathe. She surveys, prices the work, runs the two fitting teams and does the follow-up readings.
Qualified and insured
Damp and timber surveying qualifications for both surveyors. Placeholders on this demonstration site.
Professional indemnity for the reports and £5 million public liability for the work. Policy numbers are placeholders here.
Lime mortars and breathable plasters for solid walls, because cement and gypsum trap water in old houses.
The cheapest fix is checked before the dearest, every time, and written down in that order.
An hour on site, outside first, with a meter, a hygrometer and a thermal camera, and a written report in three working days. About a third of our reports recommend no work by us at all.