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Hello Im having a bay window lintel replaced (steel/rsj for a wooden beam) and after stopping the work due to suspected dry rot (it was just wet rot in the end) my surveyor recommended putting in cavity trays to deflect the water away from the new lintel. My builder has come back to me...

I have a bathroom that needs repainting after a few cracks have been filled. I was all set to use some Dulux Bathroom paint after getting a sample but although the colour was fine it seems too thick - very hard to apply evenly! The walls currently have a matt paint in light blue which seems...

The current DPC is ineffective in some places as they injected chemicals above the membrane on one wall. Also need 2 new air bricks as well ideally. Had my surveyor come back and assess the beam. He classed it as minor wet rot from water penetrating the brickwork above the flashing for the...

Hi, thanks for your replies! Will post some more pictures tomorrow when I can get them off my work phone. There isn't much in the way of growth but that beam I believe has attracted moisture or damp from either slipped external brickwork outside or a minor fault in the bay window. Looking...

//www.diynot.com/network/dickrickulous/albums/4298/17215 //www.diynot.com/network/dickrickulous/albums/4298/17216 Here are two pictures of the lintel. You can see the white spots on the left hand side of one of the pictures which is the growth that my builder saw and stopped for...

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Thank you for the reply. I thought as much but wanted to check. Won't know how far it has spread until my builder and surveyor can dig a little deeper.

Hello Just completed on my first house ( a 2 bed, 100yr old mid terrace) and was replacing the wooden lintel when the builder stopped due to suspected dry rot. He has exposed the wooden lintel and seen what he believes to be dry rot so he has asked for it to be assessed properly before he...

im going to try that plastic/condensation test. There is a radiator in that corner as well as a window and its also where we have been drying clothes up until recently. Could be a leak as well I suppose but can't see anything. There was a damp proof course put in that corner in 2000 but my...

Hi Buying my first house and the surveyor recommended the lintel/bressomer beams above the bay window is replaced. It is drooping and noticeable by the brickwork above the bay window which has dipped slightly. Replacing it with a steel/concrete lintel was his recommendation and he said it was...

Hello! I am just buying my first house (which i live in as a tenant at the moment) and wanted some advice on some damp I have found. I had a survey that pointed out high damp readings downstairs and recommended 2 new air bricks at the rear, double glazing throughout and potentially a new...