WHY DOES DAMP RISE UP
FROM THE GROUND THROUGH
THE WALLS?
Walls absorb humidity from the ground due to the lack of an
efficient horizontal insulation.
Health first!
The Polopposto system has passed all scientific tests
on possible interactions with cells of living beings.
Water rises because of a difference in the electric charge
between the wet wall (masonry base) and the dry wall
(masonry upper part), evaporating towards the exterior part
of the wall and crystallizing the mineral salts on the surface.
The mineral salts crystallization causes the plaster to peel,
the paint to flake and creates moisture stains on the walls.
Rising damp can be found on masonries of ground floors,
basements and underground floors.
WHY ARE MASONRY RESTORATION
WORKS NOT THE DEFINITIVE
SOLUTION TO FIGHT RISING DAMP?
CERTIFICATION
POLOPPOSTO FOR BIO-BUILDING
Plaster restoration is not enough to fight rising damp in the walls.
Every restoration attempt is only a temporary non-permanent solution.
Polopposto is the technical solution to fight rising damp definitively
and permanently, making sure that every masonry restoration work
lasts forever.
The Polopposto® system was lab tested on animal, plant and fungi cell
structures, in all common situations, meaning those typical of a laboratory:
Test results are unambiguous, such that they exclude any inte-
raction with the human body and animal and vegetable cells in
general.
On the basis of comprehensive criteria that consider
the entire life cycle of a product, building materials
and interior furnishings are analysed from a holistic
point of view.
When a product fulfils the exacting requirements
regarding building biology and building ecology, it
is awarded the IBO test mark. The IBO test mark, a
recognised and independent quality seal, guarantees
consumers that they buy products that are recom-
mendable from the point of view of building biology
and building ecology.
We prepare a comprehensive test report for every
product that has been tested.