Recent content by dgardn2012

Thanks, this may be the way to go after all. I can try and fasten a piece of wood or something under the ledge although i cant see 2cms poking out will make any difference. The ledge only acts as a weather strip i think and never gets stepped on. I have seen videos on you tube about bending upvc...

My original plan was to use 68mm but that will stick out around 2cm under the door ledge. Which isnt so bad but when you add brackets is sticks out considerably more. If there is a way to hold the pipe tight to the wall, it may be a possibility. Any ideas?

I may leave off changing the fan, and get a decent one down the line. I will stress to the new tenants that if they don't want the light, on to open the window a bit. The mould on the wall was in the corners, but where there bed was it was close to floor, but worse the higher it got. The...

There are patches that im 99.9% sure the plaster has salt contamination. The worst affected area is the back bedroom chimney breast. The cindensation made it more apparent. The chimney was pointed and re flaunced, and i had the builder install a couple of air bricks in there. The chimney was...

There are patches that im 99.9% sure the plaster has salt contamination. The worst affected area is the back bedroom chimney breast. The cindensation made it more apparent. The chimney was pointed and re flaunced, and i had the builder install a couple of air bricks in there. The chimney was...

I know any wiring additions in specialised areas needs to be certified and building control notified. I was hoping to run the cables etc where they needed to be, then get a spark to connect and test. A lot of the work is taken out of the equation the, and hopefully work out cheaper then. But i...

The mould is no where near as bad as it was, thats why im thinking they dont leave it on long enough. During spring and summer, the fan will most likely only get used after dark. The property is on a hill so it gets plenty of light. Would any of the pictures, conform with regulations? If i wired...

I have a damp meter and will of coarse check before i do anything. There is still a month until my current tenants move out. The weather warming up doubled with the increased ventilation should surely help. The damp patches on the breast could potentially take years to dry fully im thinking? The...

they haven't been drying clothes on the rads since early January this year. I had a dryer vent installed and provided a tumble dryer since there was no other way of drying clothes... No washing line etc

The chimney breast is on an internal wall, the leak that was causing the damp was fixed last october. It may still be drying, but when i was devorating last there were patches of paper that had bubbled away from the wall. After stripping i noticed salt deposits on the durface of the plaster. At...

I have been looking at various liquid dpm options, but the smallest size i have seen is 5 liters. This seems overkill, as the chimney breast is only 5x2ft and a full size door is cut into it at that, so loads left over. I have an idea if it will likely work? could the 2x1 tanalised battens be...

The condensation was due to not enough ventilation, and the life style of the tenants. There were vents i installed years ago, that were effective until recent. It turned out the bedroom vent that was there was not enough and to low. Another was put in at eye level, and the mould treated with...

Would 2x1 timber battons do the job? Im guessing treated with cupranol or similar preserver? What would be the most ideal dmp for the job? I have seen a black everbuild liquid membrane. Would this do the job, or sheet dpm.

Hi, I own a converted flat on the first floor of a 140 year old railway house. I currently rent the place out, but i recently have had major condensation issues, and ended up forking out getting extra vents etc installed. It has cured the extremely bad mould problem that was there but there...