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Thanks again for replying JohnD. When I stripped the wall paper back there was a lot of mould so I cleaned it off with Ronseal Mould killer. This made me think why was there mould there in the first place? The wall must have moisture inside it at some point although it doesn't feel wet at all.

Hey JohnD, The room is on the first floor so not sure it was for DPC. What I'm worried about is mould and damp coming through the walls after we've replastered. Would it be best to go completely back to the brick work and build up from there? What type of plaster should be used if its an...

Hey John D, The house was built in the 1930's I think. Its pink plaster on the bottom of the wall which ends half way up. The top half is speckled grey as you mentioned which is quite thin. The sandy stuff underneath is quite hard to scrape off. There's lots of cracks in the grey stuff...

Hey All, I'm new to this forum and would love to have some advise on whats on our walls in our spare bedroom (soon to be bathroom). I'll try to provide as much information as I can but let me know if there's anymore info you need. It looks like there's a mixture of plasters on the walls as...

Just thought I'd let everyone know that it was the parapet wall in the end. It was painted with a polymer paint and sealed and we haven't seen any leaks yet. Going to paint the house next year to seal the other side too. Thanks to everyone for your help and ideas.

Hey Catlad, Thanks for your reply. Do you mean like big G clamps to fasten to the parapet walls? Thats a really really good idea? That way we'll know if its the parapet wall or not!!!! Thanks Catlad, I'll post up the result once its done

Hey Ben, Thanks for helping out here. Yep the roofers have all mentioned about the second chimney. It definitely needs work and it is causing water to come into the house so we're going to get that redone 100%. Unfortunately, this is on the other side of the house to where the leak on the...

Thanks Ree! I'll try and draw a plan out of the top of the house and mark out the trouble spots. I like your idea of dropping the parapet wall slightly and adding copping stones to the top with a DPC layer underneath. Would this work and would it be expensive? what style coping stones...

Thanks for your reply Palaceray. Sounds like a good idea although I cant imagine what it would look like on the other side of the parapet wall. Do you reckon you could link some pictures of what you mean?

Thanks for your reply Ree. To be absolutely honest I would swap a flat roof for a pitched roof anyday but the cost (especially London prices) and designing it for our odd wedge shaped house would be sky high. On top of that we have to apply for planning permission which may or may not be...

Thanks for answering Xenon! Yeah I think re-pointing the chimney, re-doing the flaunching and coating it in something like that storm dry that everyone's going on about recently would be a really good idea. Would it be a good idea to take off the creasing tiles completely and build up from...

Thanks Foxhole! Do you have any pictures of your roof you can post up so I can see? How much does re-doing with EPDM cost?

Hey All, Our detached house has a flat roof which has been suffering from leaks for the last 2 years in the same places. Its really got us down and we feel like we have nothing else to try as the 3 roofers that have been up there are out of ideas. Pcitures of roof and leak...