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And my dad is pretty handy with basic DIY

I don’t yet, but I’ve booked onto a DIY weekend course that covers the basics of many aspects of DIY - to try and learn how to fix things, or at least understand the issues, myself!

Oh gosh ok, sounds stressful!! There is a disused chimney - which I’m hoping to use again. How would this be contributing to the problem?

Just responded in a separate response but didn’t link it to your answer sorry! Your other questions : No other rooms have similar marks, it’s only this room on this wall - so the ground level of this wall only.

The house was renovated by the previous owners around 7 years ago, and they provided a report from their experience which stated : “The slight dampness in the lower front elevation suggested that there was no damp course in the walls. However, the original ground floor floors had all been...

Thank you for your responses so far. I’m mid terrace, and this isn’t the party wall - it separates my living room from my dining room, on the ground floor. There doesn’t seem to be an issue (yet) on the party wall, the other side of this wall, or any of the others in the house. There is so...

Hello! I’ve just bought my first house, and the house is mainly in very good condition but there are some areas of concern. In the photo attached, from the living room, there are two patches of what looks like rising damp, either side of the radiator. Is this likely to be rising damp that...