Signs of rising damp tend to be close to the ground, usually no higher than a metre. It usually works its way up walls in horizontal lines. Penetrating damp usually develops in patches and can often be much higher up. For more advice, speak to a damp proofing professional.
Turriff
Turriff is a town and also civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It rests on the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) over water level, as well as has a population of 5,708. In everyday speech it is usually referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is stemmed from the Scottish Gaelic enunciation. There are four churches in Turriff: St Ninian's (Church of Scotland), St Andrew's (Church of Scotland), St Congan's (Episcopal Church), and also a Baptist church. Turriff has a primary school, Turriff Primary School as well as a senior high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new construct which replaced the old Markethill Primary School as well as available to students on 22 August 2017. People from the surrounding areas, consisting of the towns of Cuminestown, Fyvie and also King Edward participate in the senior high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (previously Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank as well as TSB have branches in the community. The major supermarket chains are Tesco (whose premises have actually formerly been occupied by Presto, Gateway and Somerfield) as well as Co-op Food and also there are numerous specialist shops including two dispensing pharmacies. The town has a collection, a sporting activities centre and also swimming pool. It is served by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council accepted a permit to occupy the Municipal Building (previously used as council offices) to a volunteer group for use as a basic area centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The group renamed the structure Turriff Town House. The main handover was anticipated to be finished in 2016, however in June 2016 the team announced that they had actually not been successful in their Stage 2 Area Asset Transfer. The group kept the licence to occupy up until 28 October 2016, when the building was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were provided a Community Asset Transfer of the structure and renamed it Turriff Heritage Centre.
