Our work

Real Statewide jobs, photographed as we did them: the salt-damaged wall, the work in progress and the finished result. Most are undersetting on old sandstone and brick villas; one is an injection job inside an older brick home.

Sandstone villa with a verandah: undersetting

The salt-damaged base of the front wall came out section by section and was rebuilt in new stone and brick on a new damp course, with the verandah left standing the whole time. How undersetting works

Salt damp at the base of the wall before the job starts
Old base out, new blocks ready
A section rebuilt in stone and brick
Completed

Sandstone and red-brick villa, tiled path: undersetting

The bottom courses had crumbled under the window. We cut them out down to the footing, laid a new membrane and rebuilt to match, then cleaned up so the tiled path was left as we found it. How undersetting works

Salt damp before we start
The decayed base, exposed
Damaged stone coming out
New damp course membrane going in
Sections rebuilt in turn
Finished wall

Red-brick home: undersetting from the outside

The outer wall was cut out, the rubble cleared from the cavity, and the wall rebuilt in alternate sections on a new damp course. How undersetting works

Before work starts
New damp course in place
Alternate sections rebuilt
Trimmed, acid washed, path cleaned

Inside an old brick home: injection

Skirting off, holes drilled along the mortar line and filled with damp course cream, then the wall dried out, rendered and painted. How injection works