Damp proofing for Cross Hands homes
Cross Hands sits around 6 miles from Ammanford on the A48 corridor. Like much of the Amman Valley, it grew up as a mining village: Cross Hands Colliery opened in 1869, employed close to 900 workers at its 1923 peak, and closed in 1962. Its Grade II*-listed Public Hall and Cinema, built in 1926, still operates today, a rare surviving example of the village's Art Deco era.
More recently, Cross Hands has grown into a genuine employment and retail centre for the wider area, with a business park and food park development alongside its older housing stock. That mix matters for damp: older, solid-wall properties from the colliery era carry different risks to newer builds, and a proper survey is the only reliable way to know which type of damp, if any, is actually affecting a specific property.
The three types of damp we treat
Common questions
How far is Cross Hands from your service area?
Cross Hands is around 6 miles from Ammanford, along the A48 corridor. It's a bit further out than some of the other villages we cover, but well within reach for a survey.
Does Cross Hands have a mix of older and newer housing?
Yes. Cross Hands grew up around the Cross Hands Colliery, which closed in 1962, so there's genuine older housing from that era, alongside newer residential development as the village has grown into more of an employment and retail centre in recent decades. The two eras carry different damp risks, which is exactly what a survey is for.