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Thanks, that's great.

Hi, There is a BBQ hut in our front garden, it was there when we bought the house. I've noticed a black/grey discolouring at the bottom, and feeding up, through the hut. Do you think this is rising damp, or just general moisture damage from rain? I've no idea if there is any kind of DPC...

I'm pretty confident no water will get to the wall, I was more worried about underground, with the foundations etc, as it's loose ground below the flowerbed.

I finally got round to doing something about this..I took away the higher wall that was in the middle, kept the lower wall, and made a singe tier flower bed. I've kept it 4-5inches away from the house wall, using a perimeter of edging. Do you think that should be OK? Any concerns with...

So, you think it's doomed? Lol

I had thought about this. How big would the gap have to be? The bed is only about 400mm depth off the wall; 100mm gap would be pretty obvious with only 400mm overall.

Hi everyone, I've seen some similar posts, and still thought I'd reach out for some advice. We purchased our house 3 years ago, and the previous owner had literally just finished building a flower bed against the wall. He put all the soil and flowers in a pondlinder, in the flowerbed. The liner...

1. Bought a house with single story extension, only 10 degree pitch in the roof and it had tiles on it. Rain was getting in the tiles and leaking, but the windows never leaked. 2. Roofer recommended replacing with a felt roof, which has stopped the roof leaking totally, but now the velux...