Leak to dry to treated, one company in Aldgate
Aldgate mixes converted Victorian warehouses with solid brick walls and timber floors, dense new-build towers such as Goodman's Fields with concrete screed and underfloor heating, and older Portsoken estate blocks. This range of construction ages and methods means a burst pipe or roof leak behaves very differently building to building, so drying has to be matched to the actual structure, not a generic routine.
Structural Drying
Dry walls, floors and voids after a leak or flood with monitored dehumidifiers, to completion. Structural drying →
Leak Detection
Trace hidden water leaks without unnecessary damage using thermal, acoustic and tracer-gas methods. Leak detection →
Mould Treatment
Treat and prevent the mould that follows water damage, dealing with the moisture source first. Mould treatment →
Damp Investigation
Tell rising damp, penetrating damp and condensation apart, so the right repair is done once. Damp investigation →
Areas of Aldgate we cover
We dry properties right across Aldgate and its neighbourhoods, including:
- Aldgate East
- Whitechapel
- Spitalfields
- Liverpool Street
- Tower Hill
- Minories
- Portsoken
- Houndsditch
- Petticoat Lane
- Middlesex Street
- Goodman's Fields
- Mansell Street
- Fenchurch Street
- Tower Gateway
Drying challenges in Aldgate homes
Converted warehouse flats with solid brick and timber
Many Aldgate conversions retain original solid brick walls and exposed timber floor joists behind plasterboard linings. These absorb water slowly but hold onto it for weeks, and without a cavity to break the path, damp tracks sideways through the brickwork into neighbouring rooms and stairwells. Timber floors laid directly on old joists can cup, stain or start to smell musty if drying is left too shallow or stopped too early.
Screed floors and underfloor heating in new-build towers
Newer developments around Goodman's Fields and Aldgate Place typically use floating screed floors over concrete slabs, often with underfloor heating pipework embedded beneath. A bathroom or kitchen leak can spread under the floating layer and sit against the pipes and slab, invisible from above. Standard surface drying misses this trapped moisture, so screed readings and targeted extraction are needed to stop it resurfacing weeks later as damp patches or a warm, musty smell.
Below-ground plant rooms and basement flats
Aldgate's mix of commercial basements, plant rooms and lower ground floor flats near Portsoken and the old ward boundary sit below street level, where groundwater pressure and poor ventilation already push humidity higher than upper floors. A leak here saturates screed and wall bases with nowhere for moisture to escape naturally, and voids behind skirting or under raised flooring can turn mouldy within days if drying and dehumidification aren't sustained properly.
What our customers say
Really impressed with the whole experience. The surveyor did a proper, thorough job and didn't rush anything, they got to the root cause of the damp and explained it all clearly. Detailed, professional and reassuring from start to finish. Couldn't recommend them more highly.
Keiryn Raf, via Google
Very professional and organised I must say came out and completed the work very efficiently customer service was excellent. Definitely recommend this damp and mould service to anyone looking for a job done correctly. :)
Joeie Rouse, via Google
I have been dealing with damp and mould for years but these guys were able to come in and resolve the problem quickly and professionally. Their prices were fair and reasonable and they got the job done clean. 10/10 would use again and would recommend.
Thersa Waron Eurmind, via Google
Need drying out in Aldgate?
Call 020 3051 8478 or arrange drying online. We dry and treat for homeowners, landlords and managing agents across Aldgate.