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Does this mean something is blocking the cavity around the window area? Also something is blocking above damp course at the floor line? The bricks are quite absorbent and some repointing needs to be done on the external wall

Hi, Last year I moved into a new property and had a full 'buildings survey' to detect any problems. However the one room the inspector/surveyor could not inspect was stacked floor to ceiling with boxes. The previous owner had stacked all their moving out boxes in this area which conveniently...

surely i cant remove a sill from underneath a window and then slide the new one under it where the old one was???

well i am replacing a few concrete window sills for a friend which have cracked and crumbled. when i have cleaned off the old cement should i cement some sort of DPC down before bedding the new sill? have asked a few people and got different answers so im a bit confused. also, i...