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rising damp
noun
A condition caused by ground moisture rising up a masonry wall by capillary action
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Rising Damp 34.
Seventies sitcoms like Rising Damp.
Sky are re-running Rising Damp.
The purpose of the research is to find adequate solution against rising damp in historical buildings.
Injection of chemicals in masonry walls is a commonly used technique for tackling rising damp.
It was found that mortar characteristics would significantly affect the height of rising damp.
Click here to view Low Guns seeps into you like rising damp, but rising damp that you're secretly happy to let have its sporey way with your plastering.
One opposition senator compares her to rising damp: "everywhere and impossible to tackle".
Think Basil and Manuel in Fawlty Towers, Rigsby and Alan in Rising Damp.
Rising damp is a regular complaint, but rent is as low as £1 a month.
Q I have rising damp in my 200-year-old thatched cottage.
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