Decide on which you think you need advice. (You could, for example, ask your Chartered Surveyor?)
1. Rising Damp - from the ground into the walls and plaster. 'Curing' this involves injection of a chemical damp-proof course into the mortar between the brick and very often, but not always, replastering with an appropriate type of plaster.
2. Penetrating Damp - from an external source through the walls to the inside of the house e.g. from a gutter leak, down-pipe, driving rain or through an "underground" cellar wall. Curing this may involve replastering or 'tanking' if it is below ground.
3. Internal Damp - internal pipe leaks e.g. broken radiator, shower leak. Dependent on circumstances and duration you may only need a plumber, but you might have resultant decay problems resultant from the leak.
4. Condensation - Curing this is normally a matter of altering the occupier's lifestyle but can involve works to the building. There is also the special case of:
5. Flooding - either by river or sea or arising from "3." above. This can cause massive decay problems in 12-36 months time. Specialist advice is needed fro all flooding .
We can advise on all of these.