Your charming stone cottage or Victorian townhouse might hold historical whispers, but it could also harbour a modern menace: the ‘damp-proofing’ chemical injection scam. This predatory practice targets owners of older buildings, exploiting anxieties about damp and peddling a useless, sometimes harmful, "solution". The Hype: Imagine a magic potion injected into your walls, creating an invisible shield against rising damp. That's the enticing picture painted by companies push