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First external stop cock is at the entry point to the alley and turns off ours and our neighbours water supply. The second is at the back of the property just after the alley (This turns just our house off and the neighbour has one in their garden in the same place). The stopcock at the...

Update Took up a small board at the front of the room near the bay window and there were water droplets and the joists are pretty wet. Cleared all airbricks fully and chopped out some brickwork to create airflow. I am replacing a couple of the airbricks with some 9" ones at the back as...

Reliably informed it is a solid wall (My presumption was wrong :))

Ok here is what i could get today Sitting room wall, which sports a couple of piles of rubble that i will remove. Same wall further along. This is towards the bay window and the wall running roughly in line with the chimney breast nearest the bay window...

There are 3 in the bay itself and another 2 (1 either side of the bay) I will take up a couple more boards tomorrow and see if i can crawl under to the front(will clear out the crap at the same time) and see if i can see/clean the airbricks. Wall i am sure is cavity (just going by the brick...

Right done some more digging and exploring and regarding the air circulation. I noticed there is no draught under the floor and with it been very windy outside i found that strange. Did a smoke match in the sub floor and the smoke just drifted up and nowhere else so i need to explore the air...

I will take pics of areas suggested later. The flex cables you see are actually HDMI cables and I will get the electrics sorted out (first time i have seen them this week) below the floor. Now my friend who is a plumber suggested the problem could well be a leak on the mains water which runs...

Ok today the wall feels dryer to the touch. Picture of right side of chimney breast (closest to middle of house) Left side of Chimney breast, floors dry and you can see where the wall has had the damp although this is now dry to the touch. (Bay window starts on the wall to the left)...

Radiator is on the opposite wall the the chimney but not a window wall (Bay window) The door in the room is generally kept closed and opens into the hallway. There is also a band of damp on the other side of the chimney breast but this is a straight line and is about 4" high. I will roll...

Will pull carpet etc back tomorrow etc and take a bunch more pics. not been swept no.

As you can tell from the title and the image I have a bit of a moisture problem in the front room. Problem was first noticed in May this year (it could have been a problem for a lot longer but the previous owner did a good job of hiding a lot of things) Floor and skirts are dry to the touch...