Recent content by Anneliese

Thanks for the reply. The work was undertaken by our builder/project manager's subby. He assured us it was working as they had tested it twice and that we should give it a few hours to warm up as it was winter and the bathroom/wet room was exceedingly cold. But sadly, no joy. We also have a...

Hi In our downstairs bathroom we installed electric underfloor heating beneath the travertine tiles. Since this went in, the floor has never been warm. We have checked the thermostat and it reads as getting up to temperature. Without wanting to take up all the tiles, how else can we figure...

Thank you for your reply - I am open to all trains of thought on this but I am purely basing my thoughts on the fact that the damp plaster seems to be in places where the concrete is higher than the internal floor level or where the is a crack in the concrete externally. If digging up the...

Thank you so much for your help in this matter...must admit the thought of damp taking hold yet again, which there are signs already even though it was replastered about a year ago, is quite scary. Shall have to go and get a pneumatic drill next lol.

Thank you for the reply. I was thinking of taking up all the concrete all the way round the house. Do you have any suggestions as to how deep to dig once the concrete is up or is it simply a matter of replacing the concrete with gravel. Would the lack of concrete around the house make it more...

Thank you again Stuart...sounds like a plan to me...there are drains in place but the water doesn't flow into them. Cheers

Thank you for that Stuart. I thought that may be the case :cry: .....do you think that by digging up the concrete path around the house and replacing it with gravel would help with the issue of drainage and damp or is it a fore gone conclusion that damp will get into the bricks from under the...

Hi everyone - I have posted before about my lovely cottage but I have another question for you all. My cottage was built mid 1800s. When we bought the cottage we didnt have a survey done (against my better judgement). Around the outside of the house concrete has been laid right up to the...

Hello I am after a bit of advice as I don't know who to contact. I have recently bought a cottage built in 1850. The original part of the house has no cavity wall - just two layers of brick, and I think it was not built on proper foundations. The house is very cold even with double glazing. I...

Thank you for that. Would that not damage the brick underneath seeing as the tool is designed for metal?

Hello everyone. I have recently undergone renovating a mid 1800s cottage and now I want to tackle the external. Currently the walls are covered in flakey paint and it seems lots of concrete patches have been applied to cover holes and blown bricks. I need to remove old paint and then I would...