External cladding will have an impact on a damp problem. However, it’s important that cladding is the last part of a damp treatment, as installing cladding over a damp wall will make the problem worse. Do not cut corners or try to remedy a problem with the cheapest solution, a damp proof course may need to be put in place before cladding.
Kilmacolm
Kilmacolm is a town and also civil parish in the Inverclyde council area, as well as the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the northern slope of the Gryffe Valley, 7 1/2 miles (12.1 km) south-east of Greenock as well as around 15 miles (24 km) west of the city of Glasgow. The village has a population of around 4,000 and is part of a larger civil parish which covers a huge rural hinterland of 15,000 hectares (150 km2; 58 sq mi) having within it the smaller negotiation of Quarrier's Village, initially developed as a 19th-century domestic orphans' residence. The location surrounding the village was settled in ancient times as well as became part of a feudal culture with the church divided in between separate estates for much of its history. The village itself stayed little, giving services to nearby ranch neighborhoods and working as a religious center for the church. The name of the village stems from the Scottish Gaelic Cill MoCholuim, suggesting the commitment of its church to St Columba. The parish church was mentioned in a papal bull of 1225 showing its subservience to Paisley Abbey, and it sits on the site of an ancient religious community dating to the 5th or 6th centuries. Again in the 13th century, Duchal Castle was created in the church as well as is notable for being besieged by King James IV of Scotland in 1489, complying with the resident Lyle family's support of an insurrection against him. Feuding in between the noble families of Kilmacolm was typical in the center Ages, and also in the 16th and 17th centuries, the church once again pertained to the interest of the Crown for giving support to banned religious Covenanters. The personality of the village altered considerably in the Victorian period, with the arrival of the railway in Kilmacolm in 1869. Most of Kilmacolm's contemporary structures were constructed in between this date and the episode of World war. The development of such transportation web links enabled the village to increase as an upscale dorm village serving the nearby city centres of Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock. The economy of the village reflected this population change, relocating far from its conventional dependence on farming to providing tertiary sector solutions to homeowners and also site visitors.
