Dryzen is based in Chatham, and these pages cover the surrounding Medway Towns. Each one looks at the housing and ground conditions that are specific to that area, and is honest about when a dehumidifier is not the answer.

Hoo St Werburgh

Large Hoo Peninsula village with an ancient church and much later housing. Find out what your walls are before you buy anything.

Cliffe

Hoo Peninsula village with a Medway conservation area. Older buildings, so diagnose the walls before you buy anything.

Damp help in Upnor

A riverside village on the Medway with mixed housing. Check leaks first, then condensation.

Damp help in Gillingham

Gillingham grew up beside the dockyard, and the houses still show it. Here is what that means for damp.

Damp help in Brompton

Brompton is a compact garrison village of old terraces next to the Dockyard. Old homes need careful damp advice.

Damp help in Rochester

Rochester has some of Medway's oldest homes. Their damp problems need patient diagnosis, not a quick product.

Damp help in Strood

Strood sits low by the river with chalk hills behind it. That mix shapes its damp problems.

Damp help in Rainham

Rainham grew almost entirely after the railway arrived, so its housing is a layered mix.

Damp help in Walderslade

Walderslade sits in chalk valleys and woods, a different setting to the river towns. Damp here has its own pattern.

Damp help in Lordswood

Lordswood is a post-war suburb on high ground south of Chatham. Exposure shapes its damp.

Damp help in Cuxton

A North Downs village on the Medway with 14th century houses and a brickmaking past. Check leaks and gutters first, then condensation.

Frindsbury

Northern Strood, on the hill above the Medway, with exposed upper streets and chalk-pit slopes.

Halling

A North Downs village along the Medway with homes of several ages. Check leaks and gutters first, then condensation.

Borstal

A riverside village that grew around a cement works, with cement-era terraces and later 1930s houses. Check which you have first.

Looking for general advice?

Our damp guides cover condensation, mould, lofts, extraction, chimney breasts and how to tell the types of damp apart, starting with the healthy humidity level for your home.

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Chatham and the Medway Towns, ME4 to ME8. Send us your postcode and we will confirm.

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