Recent content by emilyjane

Thanks for the idea with the hose. Would be a good way to see where the water is coming from. I'll replace the old insulation with the proper stuff.

Clean the filters after each use, and it's only a few months old. I think our Miele is just so good that the Draper is weak in comparison.

Already done this with our Draper wet vac, but thanks! It's good advice for anyone else who might have the same issue as us. Edit: although I would say that compared to our domestic Miele, the Draper has no where near the suction power. I'm tempted to wait until the cavity has dried out and then...

I thought that was the case but was trying to give some credit and not assume the worst, there's a lot of bad work on this house that we're slowly undoing... Fortunately I think the conservatory has the worst of it! We've replaced the plastic roof with glazing which has made a huge improvement...

Yes, it definitely looks like the cracked mortar is to blame, I'll be sorting that this week. I'll probably replace the insulation since it's full of soil and ants as there was a nest in there, yuck! Thanks for the advice!

Thank you, it's clearly poorly built. Luckily it's only that one spot that we get any damp but it's still not great!! I think rebuilding would be more money and time than it's worth, and we've just replaced the roof on the damn thing. The cavity also ends at floor level as they've poured the...

Hi, new here but hoping someone can help. Opened up the cavity on one side of our conservatory door to inspect some bad damp that we had there. Pulled out all the old fibreglass insulation which was soaked through and home to an ants nest, but now I need to decide whether to insulate again or...