Damp Proofing Across Barnsley & South Yorkshire
We're based in Redbrook, a couple of miles north-west of Barnsley town centre, and we work right across the borough — from the terraces in town to the Dearne Valley villages and up onto the Pennine edge.
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Towns and villages we work in
These are the places we're in most weeks. Every one has its own housing stock, and that housing stock decides what sort of damp we tend to find there.
- Barnsley Town CentreDense Victorian terraces and flats above shops — solid walls, original DPCs, raised ground levels.
- ArdsleyEast of town on the A635, with a mix of interwar semis and later estate housing.
- AthersleyLarge postwar estate north of the centre — condensation and under-ventilation are the usual finds.
- Barugh GreenNorth-west village where older stone cottages sit alongside modern development.
- BirdwellOn the ridge above M1 junction 36 — exposed stone terraces that take the weather.
- Bolton-upon-DearneDearne Valley village with long rows of former colliery terraces.
- BrierleyNorth-east of Barnsley near Grimethorpe, largely former mining housing.
- CawthorneConservation village west of town — stone cottages, many of them listed, needing careful specification.
- CudworthDense terraced streets from the colliery era, north-east of the town centre.
- DarfieldDearne Valley village with an older core and a lot of Victorian terraced stock.
- DartonNorth-west, straddling the Dearne — Victorian stone alongside modern estates.
- DodworthWest of town near M1 junction 37, with stone terraces and newer housing.
- ElsecarHeritage village with preserved ironworks and old workers' cottages — solid-wall stone throughout.
- GawberNorth-west suburb on our own doorstep, next to Redbrook.
- GoldthorpeDearne Valley, with terraced colliery housing built quickly and to a pattern.
- GrimethorpeFormer pit village with a mix of original terraces and regeneration housing.
- HighamSmall stone-built village on the western side of the borough.
- HoylandTown south of Barnsley combining Victorian terraces with large postwar estates.
- HoylandswaineRural village on higher ground west of town — exposed and weather-beaten.
- JumpSmall village between Wombwell and Elsecar with older terraced property.
- KendraySouth-east of the centre, mostly postwar estate housing — classic condensation territory.
- KexbroughVillage next to Darton on the north-west side of the borough.
- MapplewellNorth of Barnsley with Staincross — stone-built older property plus modern housing.
- Monk BrettonNorth-east suburb, home to the priory ruins, with a broad mix of housing ages.
- PenistoneMarket town high on the Pennine foothills — gritstone property taking the full force of driving rain.
- PogmoorInner western suburb, close to the town centre and mostly older terraced stock.
- RedbrookWhere we're based — just north-west of the town centre, so we're often five minutes away.
- RoystonNorth of Barnsley towards Wakefield, with substantial former mining terraces.
- Silkstone & Silkstone CommonStone-built villages west of town on rising ground.
- StaincrossNorth of the town alongside Mapplewell, mixing older cottages with newer builds.
- StairfootEast of the centre at the junction of several main routes, with mixed housing ages.
- TankersleyRural parish south towards M1 junction 35A — open, exposed and often wind-driven rain.
- ThurnscoeDearne Valley pit village with rows of terraced colliery housing.
- WombwellSizeable town south-east of Barnsley with dense Victorian terraced streets.
- WorsbroughSouth of the centre near the mill and reservoir — older stone property down in the valley bottom.
Beyond the borough
Barnsley is our base and the bulk of our work, but we regularly travel further for larger jobs and for customers who've been recommended to us.
- Wakefield
- Huddersfield
- Doncaster
- Sheffield
- Rotherham
- Dearne Valley
- Holmfirth
- Wath-upon-Dearne
If your postcode isn't on this page, it doesn't automatically mean no. Give us a ring and we'll tell you straight whether it's a sensible trip for the size of job you've got.
What we cover, wherever you are
- Damp proofing — rising and penetrating damp
- Black mould removal and sterilisation
- Home ventilation — PIV and extraction
- Timber treatment — woodworm, wet and dry rot
- Replastering and refurbishment plastering
- Insulation installation
Landlords and letting agents: we work on tenanted property across the borough and can report on cause as well as carry out the remedial work. Get in touch to talk about multiple properties.
In one of these areas?
Give us a call and describe what you're seeing. We'll tell you whether it needs a look — and if it doesn't, we'll say that too.