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No, me neither, which is why the dried out yellowed damp patch and the slight mould on the nearby joists are puzzling me!

Hello, Our roof was replaced about a year before we bought the house, so is about 3-4 years old. I recently noticed a yellowed patch inside the lining, as if there had been a leak that had dried out. (I don't think the yellow patch had been there previously, as I don't remember having seen it...

Excellent, thanks - will give that Thompson's a go later in the summer. I was also thinking about improving the French drain now the hard part's been done and use a membrane liner along the wall down there but, again, we'll see in a few months!

Thanks, Hugh, for the reply. The bricks do look blue in that picture but I don't think they actually are or are the DPC. (Oddly, this terrace is the only one for miles around not built from yellow stocks, but I'm not sure what colour they really come up under the 115 years of dirt!) You can...

Hello, New to this forum, so hope this is the best place for this post. (Please let me know if another would be better!) I've had a problem with our outside drain, visible on these two pictures: http://yoyo.org/~den/img/lansdowne/IMAG0035.jpg...