Recent content by Steven963

Cheers mate So when I've taken all the bricks out do you mean where the bricks go into the house wall where they are joined just fill that in with sand and cement? Or could I cut the bricks back to size then refit them? Will it be ok with just sand/cement also the window won't drop when I take...

Hi all Could anybody help me with how I remove this? It looks like there was a porch here, but it's just the brick I would like removing to make it flush with the rest of the house. Thanks

Would I only have to have the affected walls rendered? Also how much would that roughly cost? Would I get a builder or a specialist damp company

Hi Yes the pics of the chimney are in the bedroom, and the damp is on the ground floor. the chimney downstairs has been blocked off so there is no fireplace. the marks come and go I am finding it very strange. As you can see the marks don't come up very far would I have to remove the laminate...

hi i really hope somebody can help me. ive been having problems with this plaster since I moved in this house it appears to have damp marks on it but they come and go. I really don't know what to do anymore. they are at either side of my chimney breast, I have a vent in the chimney in my bedroom...

Hi I'm getting round to sorting my garden out and noticed the patio is quite high. The height is level with the air bricks but there is a gap of about 2 inches to the edge of the patio. Underneath the flags I think is a solid concrete base. I am getting rusty angle beads inside my kitchen would...

I dug a trench next to the house and filled it all with gravel so the condensate pipe runs away from the house. I can't get the floor up there is laminate down. I don't see how it can be a leak there is nothing on that wall? I took some more plaster off the wall last night and can now see the...

Yes this is a different side to this wall

Thanks I have been monitoring it for about a year now it just doesn't change. When ever I paint it the paint stays dark like it's not drying. The mark never goes above that line. Do you think it's salts? If it is would I have to strip the plaster to the line then replaster

Anybody?

Hi Is anybody able to help me diagnose this problem I have. I had all my living room skimmed when I moved into my house last year and on the wall which is connected to my neighbours it looks like damp...

So should I just remove the concrete and dig down 150mm? Will I then be OK to relay the slabs? Also how long should I take to dry out internally Thanks

No it doesn't go into a rainwater pipe it's just a pipe from the boiler. The rainwater pipe discharges into a grid on the other side of the building.

Thanks for your reply. The pipe is the condensate pipe from the boiler as there is no drain nearby, we haven't been in the house long. The damp goes up about 1 brick and it is all the way along that wall. Will the quarry tiles be getting damp from that wall? I couldn't tell you if there's a...

Them pics ok?