You can expect to find lateral damp where the vertical damp proof course has deteriorated or been omitted or incorrectly installed. Some symptoms of lateral damp are the appearance of salts crystallizing on the walls (Efflorescence), flaking or blistering paint and cracked plaster.

Lateral damp is treated by "tanking" - that is, stripping the plaster off the bricks - applying PRO-STRUCT, a patented cementitious waterproofing system that creates a waterproof barrier which can resist high water pressures on either the negative or positive sides of a wall, to the bare bricks to prevent damp penetration and plastering with damp repellent cement in combination with silicone injection, where necessary, to ensure the prevention of rising damp.

Flick uses products that have been tested successfully under severe local conditions.