Recent content by bartekb

every day learn something new:) cheers

its a gap filled with seal - the internal part of seal is significantly colder as the seal is a good thermal conductor - as an effect the air inside is causing water condensation on the inside face of it - this is how I understand cold bridging. An element on the "warm" part of the structure...

Hi, thank you for the feedback in point 2 i meant - the gap between the door and brick wall approx. 10-15mm was just filled with standard sealant. They did not use any foam filler - so the doors are screwed to the brick wall on the side and the gap got filled with sealant - so I have like a...

Hi We had to exchange the external door to the side of the building - we decided to go for a big company to make sure there are no trouble - unfortunatelly there are:) The upvc doors were installed, my wife signed that the product is ok and the guys left, what we noted on the next 2 days...

I checked for the weepholes over the door but did not notice any - is it possible that when the house was built 50 years ago they did not bother? I ve got only some vent bricks on the ground floor. I ve got this type of brick lintel...

Hello, its my first post, so please do forgive me if im asking the obvious or on a wrong subforum. I also moved to UK - where I bought a terrace - quite recently and Im not really familiar with building solutions that were common practice in the last 50 years. i've got 2 separate damp...