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Well. I found a major source of damp on an external wall. I emptied the debris out from the chimney hearth front/rear and started taking bricks out to the right of the breast. Thick black much about 1m tall was filling the cavities. I think this is due to ground level and water draining off...

Hi. I am dealing with a similar issue and through you'd like to commiserate together :D https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/replacing-floor-joists.501190/ How is it progressing?

Thanks again for the tips. I'll be doing some serious inspections this weekend inside and outside of the room. Last weekend was 3 days of getting everything out.

final 4 photos (sorry for the hassle):

Hi and many thanks for the advice. The outer walls are cavity wall ... the party wall doesn't have that ... I guess I should have stated that it's a Victorian midterrace. I haven't ever seen the soldier bricks on the other walls ... took the plaster off in two bedrooms as well ... only above...

Also, had the gutter problem on the front of the house and it flowed under the main room. So, we'll take care of waterflow/standing water first!

Hi ... thanks for the info ... current photos are here: https://imgur.com/a/pZiir If this is impolite and I should upload another way could you let me know Soil ... shoveled about 1000 kg out to clear the passageways. Originally built in 1909. Lime mortar ... sand and cement on the wall. Am...

Hi! I'll post some pictures this weekend while I finish up detailed what I have to work with. Essentially, a 3.2m x 4.1m rear kitchen that I want to rebuild. I've gutted it ... all of the units / plaster (except the original plaster coving) / rotted flooring ... etc... except for the joists...

Good questions and answers: It does indeed seem that the stud-framed drywall was added to expand the bathroom. That's the wall I'm least concerned with. As I've seen lots of it in the states. That radiator is in a crap position and we're looking at moving it away from the chimney and removing...

By the way, I thought it was important to start with the thumbs-up photo and to finish with the thumbs-up photo :D

Hello! I recently purchased a three-bedroom mid-terraced Edwardian and spent my first evening taking off the wallpaper. I'm originally from the US so I don't have a lot of experience with interior plaster and would like a few suggestions or points to the focus on from the wiki article...