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    Damp hearth! Please advise

    Not had the bricks and timber treatments done yet
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    Damp hearth! Please advise

    Sorry been a bit vauge there So I had little to no flashing on chimney, no caps and cracked/broken roof tiles so water had been collecting for sometime at lowest point and was trapped under laminate flooring and it's waterproof underlay. Fixed all that stuff now, also having air bricks changed...
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    How do i sort this?

    Thanks everyone, yeah there has been damp because of the chimney letting in water, it's been flashed and capped so should dry out I don't think it's blown, sounds slightly hollower when knocked but not largely different Rake it out?
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    How do i sort this?

    Alright everyone Cracks in chimney breast plaster, looks like where previous owner has put a screw in How can I fix it? It's slightly raised Pics attached Help appriciated! C
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    Damp hearth! Please advise

    Cheers everyone, joist OK just need treating! So that's a relief Turns out my flashing on chimney was basically a crisp packet so had been letting water in for god knows how long
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    Damp hearth! Please advise

    Hello any help would be really appreciated! Just bought a mid terrace Victorian approx 1900 Removed laminate flooring today and revealed damp concrete hearth, picture attached, the damp has spread out from it, possibly from being trapped under the laminate, and the floor board nearest the left...
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