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as a building surveyor i advise : forget gravel - more problems than benefits ( weight, moss build up if trees are blocking off the sun, gravel run off into the gutter, etc. a standard solar reflective paint is all you need, it keeps the roof clean - you can see much more easily any potential...

as a surveyor i agree with the original surveyors opinion, unlikely this property has suffered any subsidence. the latter starts from the ground and works up. daft as it might sound - the elevation your bathroom & lounge are on- does it face the rising sun ?. you may have localised thermal...

sadly i belief as we speak, conservatories are exempt from the buiding reg's and this can lead to a lot of dodgy work going unchallenged. normally the footings have to sit on solid clay and building control would like to see footings 1 metre deep to ensure they remain unaffected by natural...

to add, you could hire test equipment and check yourself the extent of the water saturation, it sounds worse than condensation- for which ventilation would suffice. try a protometer - which checks damp levels in plaster,or a speedy test, by which you take core samples using a drill, of both the...

a problem like this needs step by step answers to basic questions, eliminating guess work, so that the true cause of the dampness can be identified. 1) ground floor flat? 2) external or internal wall? 3) fireplace/chimney stack?. you need to determine if it is rising damp or horizontal damp-...

a retired friend has a dormer bungalow with double 2 way switches, at the top/bottom of the dormer stairs, serving 2 seperate inset lights in the dormer. 1 light works fine on either switch all the time, the other light comes on then starts flickering and goes off automatically after 5 minutes...