McKnight Building Preservation are an Aberdeen based timber and building preservation specialist, covering the Aberdeenshire and Eastern coast of Scotland. Occasionally we have been known to travel to the Western and Northern Isles to carry out work.
We undertake various aspects of building timber treatment work.
Some of the most common issues pertaining to problems affecting a property are as follows:
- Woodworm Treatment – the eradication of the wood-borer beetle, timber treatment, preservation and replacement
- Waterproofing – the prevention of water ingress to the internal fabric of your property by the installation of a bespoke membrane and drainage system
- Penetrating Damp – the treatment and preservation of the internal fabric of your property by eradicating the effects of dampness, and finding a solution to further prevention.
- Wet Rot – the cause can come in many forms, and can affect all timbers that are not suitably protected
- Dry Rot – the blatant brother of wet rot that needs less moisture for an outbreak to occur (around 20% as opposed to wet rot which typically contains 50%+)
- Pump Servicing – we can carry out regular servicing on your waterproofing ‘sump and pump’ system, even if it’s been installed by another contractor
- Gutter Cleaning – no ladder, no scaffold, no cherry picker solution…
McKnight Building Preservation provide their own company guarantee, and also offer an ‘insurance backed guarantee’ with most works carried out, which is covered by the UK based company Guarantee Protection Insurance, who have recently been purchased by Accelerent.
What we don’t do – Condensation Issues and Treatment. As of Monday 30th January 2023, we will no longer be attending callouts to properties with condensation issues. This past winter has seen us visiting many, many properties with condensation issues, and having to repeat the same story about managing moisture within the home, especially during the very cold days. To help, we have posted a link to Roger Bisby from the Skillbuilder YouTube channel, and a video on The Ugly Truth about Mould…visit it here
We are also a ‘Wykamol Approved Contractor‘.
If you have any queries regarding treatment work, please fill in the form at the bottom of the page:
