His appearance in the BBC 2 series Raising the Roof, helped establish the extreme rarity of Rising Damp caused by damp proof course failure and the futility of chemical injection.

He has produced two videos on damp diagnosis with world-wide distribution and in 2003 his best-selling co-authored book Diagnosing Damp, the first independent practitioners’ guide on dampness, was published by RICS Books.

He was awarded the PRIDE of Lewisham 2000 for his pioneering work in over 30,000 properties, saving the Council in excess of £160,000 per year over 15 years without once using a chemically injected DPC.

He was outright winner at the British Building Maintenance Awards (BBMA) in 1997.
A liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Constructors, he took the Freedom of the City of London in 2005.

Mike is a member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), he was the face of their National Maintenance Week Campaign 2005 and as such appeared in articles for the Sunday Telegraph, Evening Standard and on BBC national radio.

He is renowned for his independence, integrity and breadth of knowledge and is regularly used as a single jointly instructed expert witness to both parties in litigation for Landlord - Tenant disputes.

During his 25 years in the business, Mike has amassed an extraordinary breadth and depth of knowledge about the truth behind building failures and it is this information that has been gathered together for the first time in – Mike Parrett’s guide to Building Pathology.