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    Rear wall & floor damp tanking / DP'ing / insulating etc

    Excellent advice, sadly when the property was built there was not a road laid up against the rear of the property (parallel to the rear) or the mains water/drainage/services etc put within it, so the water flow dynamics of the localised area will have changed a lot in the last 300-400 years...
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    Soil pipe through joists - HELP!!!

    Iff you consider a foor screwed directly over the top of the joists however, the floor will be in compression across the gap to compensate for some of the load. Depending on what the floor is and how it is fixed down it could be remarkably strong in compression, that could well be how this has...
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    Rear wall & floor damp tanking / DP'ing / insulating etc

    Hello there, I have an old stone cottage which is in need of some renovation and I would appreciate a bit of advice on the best way to ensure a dry house. To set the scene, the cottage is built on the side of a steep bank/cliff and the rear of the ground floor of the cottage is cut into...
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