Recent content by Arthur Lewis

There is a bit of damp in the external solid walls of my house where the patio has been built up above the level of the DPC, bridging it. I believe it may have also covered air bricks so the underfloor void is unventilated. I've sketched the current arrangement. I'm considering what would be the...

The old plaster has started coming off one of the party walls in my terraced house - built around 1915 I think. The wall itself was built from single-skin brick between timber posts. There has been a bit of movement which I think caused the plaster to come off (seems to be common round here with...