Symptoms are: peeling plaster, damage to paints, presence of Salts on the wall surface, mould odour, feel of cold in the environments.

The most damaged area is the evaporation area because this is where there is a higher concentration of Salts, due to more water evaporating. Since it comes from the ground and the building materials, the water is salty. So, the more the water evaporating in this area, the more salt depositing on the surface. As they crystallize (they can increase their volume by up to 12 times), Salts damage the wall surface.

While damp rises and walls are dehumidified, salty water inside the walls evaporates, thus depositing its salt in the plaster and paint. Being hygroscopic, salt absorbs environmental moisture causing the wall surface to be humid.

Rising damp in walls occurs when they are not properly insulated from the ground. Then, water rises up through the walls as an effect of the attraction between the water molecules in humid foundations and dry masonry above.

Rising damp can be in the walls of underground and ground floors.

rarely, rising damp can be seen on first floors, if ground floor walls were coated using non breathable products.

Polopposto Italia has created an on-line customer support questionnaire on the www.polopposto.com website. A series of questions and answers will help customers understand if the their problem is due to rising damp or other causes. If the problem is rising damp from the ground, the device is effective and will give you the chance to go on ………….to see the location of the device on the map of your house. If the problem has a different cause, Polopposto Italia recommends you turn to the DIAmetrica professional firm for professional technical support.

Because water is a good heat conductor!

Especially in winter, heat in rooms is released more quickly from humid and cold walls.

Because humid walls are cold walls drawing heat from the body.

The smell of mould generally comes from the formation of mould and spores.

Health hazards to those who live in a house affected by mould are often underestimated.

If the smell of mould persists even after having ventilated and heated the room, it is probably a long-time problem which is also caused by rising damp through the walls.

If the building was “restored“ a short time ago, there might actually be no visible signs, but moisture may still be inside the walls. In this case, we suggest you have an instrumental diagnostics analysis performed.

Yes, definitely!

In winter, wall areas affected by rising damp are colder than dry areas, therefore condensation may occur. The formation and odour of mould are a consequence of condensation creating in the humid area of the wall.

The Polopposto device works based on scientific principles: it acts directly on the cause of rising damp by attracting the water molecules inside the walls to the ground, through the propagation of a magnetic wave, which is harm-free for living beings and plants.

The Polopposto PP100 device can reach a flat area wider than 100 squared metres.

Each building is affected by the Earth's magnetic field, so the range of action may vary. The minimum ellipse the device can reach is 14 mt x 10 mt from its centre. The help software you can find on the www.polopposto.com website or the sticker in the instruction manual show the exact area covered by the range of action of the Polopposto device.

The Polopposto device shall be installed directly by the "do it yourself" final user with the help of the software available for download on www.polopposto.com and/or the instruction manual provided in the box.

The Polopposto device is not power supplied so no electrical power is absorbed. The Polopposto device has a certified permanent magnet inside which emits a magnetic wave through a patented propagation system.

The companies Polopposto Italia for Italy and Polimagnet Ltd for the whole world guarantee proper functioning of the Polopposto device for 20 years, even if the device's life can exceed 100 years, since there are no moving or electrical parts and it is not made of materials deteriorating in time.

The device-generated magnetic wave has no interference whatsoever with any form of life. The Polopposto system has passed all scientific tests on possible interactions with cells of living beings.

The Polopposto system was lab tested on animal, plant and fungi cell structures, in all standard situations, meaning those typical of a laboratory: in “proximity”, with the system basically laying on the cells; at a distance “over 7 metres” but in the same environment; at a distance (standard for this kind of experiments) “over 180 km”. Test results are unambiguous, such that they exclude any interaction with the human body and animal and plant cells in general.

The Polopposto device has a permanent magnet inside, so please keep the Polopposto device at least 50 cm away from TVs, phones, mobile phones, computer screens, credit cards, computers, videocassettes, mechanical watches and clocks, auditive devices, speakers and videocassette recorders, etc....

The Polopposto device has a permanent magnet inside, so when using a pacemaker, keep at least a 0.90 metre distance from the device.

Polopposto underwent large arrays of tests and was then checked though experiments performed in highly-qualified and internationally-ranked labs.

All research activities were carried out at ET LAB laboratories (their own labs, of their partners or consultants) using technological tools whose list can be provided by ET LAB upon justified request submitted through Polimagnet Ltd.

E.T. lab srl (Evolution Technology Laboratories srl) is an enterprise whose members, directors and partners have decennial expertise in project managing, industrial research, innovation, problem solving and technology transfer. These skills are included into a multidisciplinary frame ranging from environmental impact to logistics management.

The key difference from similar systems is the scientific basis under the functioning of the Polopposto device.

The damp removing action of the Polopposto device in a wall affected by rising damp was proven and carried out at ET LAB laboratories (their own labs and those of their partners or consultants) using technology tools whose list can be provided by ET LAB upon justified request submitted through Polimagnet Ltd.

Many other similar systems have no scientific research behind.

The Polopposto device can be installed directly by the final "do it yourself" user using an instruction manual or software available for download on www.polopposto.it.

The Polopposto device can be built in inside the masonry or mounted onto it using a shiny white coloured Cover.

Is the Polopposto device totally reversible?

Most of other systems must be installed by the company's staff and cannot be built in inside walls.

The Polopposto device can be installed directly by the final "do it yourself" user using an instruction manual or software available for download on www.polopposto.it.

The Polopposto device can be built in inside the masonry or mounted onto it using a shiny white coloured Cover.

Is the Polopposto device totally reversible?

Most of other systems must be installed by the company's staff and cannot be built in inside walls.

Molti altri sistemi sono legati ad una installazione da parte del personale dell’azienda commerciale, non si possono incassare all’interno delle murature.

The Polopposto device is sold directly through construction distributors in all World.

Many other similar systems are sold through trading companies and sales networks.

The Polopposto device is sold all over Italy at a fixed price of € 536⁸⁰ Vat and shipping inclosed

Many other similar systems have no clear prices. You only get to know the price when the distributor sells directly to the final user's place.

Anyway, the Polopposto device has a much lower price than any other system in the market.

You can also buy it online via the Polopposto site or through the Archiproducts shop online portals available in over 130 countries in 11 languages and / or Amazon in 5 European Countries in 5 Languages.

Polopposto Italia has created a partnership with the DIAmetrica srl firm, which is an Italian network of professionals with expertise in moisture problems in buildings.

The DIAmetrica firm can answer all your questions and possibly draft a professional technical report after performing an instrumental diagnostic analysis of the place.

Once the Polopposto device has been installed appropriately, it will start removing rising damp from the walls right away.

During the first months after the Polopposto has been installed, increased salt efflorescences can be seen due to the walls drying up. The smell of mould should go away gradually.

If the wall does not dry up or there is still smell of mould, we recommend you contact the DIAmetrica professional firm. The firm's professionals will provide you with technical support to find out if there are other contributing factors causing moisture in addition to rising damp.

The Polopposto device does not need maintenance because it is not power supplied and has no consumable parts.

No. After removing rising damp from the wall, the device must stay there because it has to continue keeping the wall dry. Removing the Polopposto device may cause the rising damp to appear again through the walls.

Dehumidification of the masonry affected by rising damp occurs if the Polopposto device is installed properly. It takes from 3 to 24 months for complete dehumidification, depending on the amount of water inside masonries, the type of building materials used and the type of existing plaster and paint. The more breathable the plaster and paint, the faster the dehumidifying action.

After having installed the Polopposto device, you can remove contaminated plasters and replace them with lime plasters. But make sure to use the correct salt neutraliser according to the type of masonry and the types of salts that are inside the wall. Before restoring the new plaster, we suggest you carefully read the instructions in the instruction booklet on the website and inside the Polopposto device box.

Polopposto Italia entrusts the technical part (what to do to restore or refurbish) to a firm of professionals with expertise in humidity causes and solutions. The DIAmetrica firm operates all over Italy, provides consultations and instrumental diagnostics to collect data and give reliable solutions when it comes to restoring or refurbishing. They can also support customers at sites in the management and assistance to work.

The instruction manual you can find inside the Polopposto device box and on the www.polopposto.com website includes tips on what type of plaster and salt neutraliser to use.

For more technical information, you can contact the DIAmetrica firm to get professional assistance and advise on the types of plaster and salt neutraliser to use.

Polopposto Italia srl guarantees the functioning of the device for 20 years, but cannot guarantee that works for restoring the plaster contaminated by salts are performed by the book.

For this reason, Polopposto Italia srl suggests to turn to the DIAmetrica firm, where expert professionals in finding causes of damp can provide accurate guidance on the restoring or refurbishment in progress, with products and application methods that are effective in time.

Plaster is not the solution to rising damp because walls in contact with the ground absorb moisture, so the dehumidifying plaster does not create a horizontal barrier inside the wall, but it only conceals the aesthetic problem for a while. It is always better to stop rising damp first and then replace the contaminated plaster, being careful to use a salt neutraliser that is suitable to the wall and is effective against the type of salts inside the wall.

The Polopposto device was conceived to fight rising damp in all types of building structures where rising damp occurs by attraction between water molecules existing inside the humid foundations and the overlaying dry walls.

The Polopposto device can be installed in any type of Building, ranging from historic villas, shopping centres to city apartments.

Compared to other types of solutions, the Polopposto device is completely reversible and can also be installed inside the wall, therefore it can be completely hidden.

You can also install the Polopposto device to prevent rising damp or to keep walls dry. However, during construction, the walls should always be properly insulated from the surrounding ground. This device can also be applied to foundations in order to keep the foundations of a building dry.

The dimensions of the parallelepiped containing the Polopposto device, which can also be inserted in the wall, are the following: cm 21.2 X cm 8.5 X cm 2.7 of depth.

The shiny white coloured ABS cover (containing the device) for installations outside walls has the following dimensions: cm 25 X cm 12 X cm 3.2 of depth.