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Ground floor internal wall with a sealed up chimney breast has a damp patch. The previous owners removed the chimney breast from the 1st floor (making the bathroom larger). The chimney breast is still in place on the ground floor. We spotted a damp patch about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way up the wall...

There is a leak at the top of our kitchen window. Water tends to come through when the rain is heavy and it’s windy and it is now causing a damp patch. Where do we start - in trying to find the issue? There is another window above it. Images of inside and out. The leak was there before the...

Our house has some age (built early 1800s) and we want to renovate the built in cupboard that was built in to the alcove of an old fireplace (now blocked up). The skirting that previous owners edged the bottom with looked rotten so wanted to get that out and it looks like lots of old / failed...

We're joining up the 2 halves of our front sloping garden that has a path down the middle. There is a retaining wall for each section that we now want to link up. (the breeze blocks are fronted by stone which we're hoping to match up). It comes to about 70cm high and we're hoping to use the...

Just had the pipe running from our septic tank replaced because of issues with our old one & I'm worried about how shallow the pipe seems to be (top is just 2 inches from surface). Is that OK? Or should it be deeper? Thanks, J