Legerwood Kirk is an ancient and historic Church of Scotland church in the former county of Berwickshire, Scotland, dating back to year 1127. It is situated half a mile east of the hamlet of Legerwood and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south east of Lauder in the Scottish Borders.
The building has been suffering from dampness issues for a number of years. Being a Grade A listed building, invasive dehydration technologies were not an option. Upon a detailed inspection of the building several sources of moisture has been identified, including rising damp, condensation and sideways penetrating damp.
The magnetic DPC system has been installed on the premises in July and the first moisture check has been done in February the following year. Within the first 6 months - from summer to winter - the moisture levels inside the wall have dropped by about 25%. The dehydration continued throughout the summer and following years as shown on the dehydration charts below.
Here are the readings before, after 6 months and the after 3.5 years.
These solutions were implemented during the project:
Here are the products used during this project to resolve the problem:
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