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We've recently bought a Victorian era property - end terrace built around 1900 There are some fine cracks on a lot of the internal walls but more significantly some cracks that start near door corners and others in the corners of rooms that cut through cornices. We're worried that there...

Hi Jon I have a similar problem with a large damp area on my chimney breast - we're gable end and we've been informed it may be this salt issue....did you get your problem sorted? And was it expensive? Thanks Joe

Hi thanks for the advice, The damp patch is in the centre of the room below the ceiling and is probably about 3 feet long and 4 feet wide so it's probably the top 3/4's of the wall. Judging by your comments it's definitely connected to the chimney (the chimney goes outwards so it doesn't...

Ok, first of all one of our bedrooms has a damp wall, there's a large damp patch on it which gets worse when it rains. It's in the area around the chimney and we're an end terrace so it's the gable end. We've had builders and roofers around who have all said different things - one said the...