Recent content by gatesone

I see mate. Wondered about that and asked the roofer that I've had doing the repair work today to see if it was getting behind the guttering and running down the adjacent wall. He said roof felt and such is in good nick. Said he's pulled some of the tiles forward to overhang the guttering...

Not really. The wall with the chimney breast (prop side) is adjacent to the wall which had the leaks (property front) It is the same wall as the new small brown stains appeared but the chimney breast is in the middle of this wall the stains at the far side approx 1.5 metres away. The walls on...

Yeah thought it had dried to be honest looked and felt dry and was consistent with bits that hadn't suffered as part of the leak. Gave it 4 months all in all tho they was a much smaller re leak after about two. Needed the room back or would have left it longer. Built 1890 end terrace house...

I know PVA wouldnt stop a leak (only fixing the leak will do that, i did use waterproof PVA, this was simply to ensure it took to the wall even if their was some residual dampness within the wall) - I didnt use the PVA to stop the leak (I fixed the guttering to do that), but rather to prime the...

Why don't you pva the wall I was under the impression that this should be done to prepare for new plaster (it was stripped to the brick). Plasterer was made aware and said this was fine. The area which the new stain has appeared isnt on the wall which was pva' d and plastered its on the...

The roofer who worked on the gutting (on Monday) tells me it is sorted. We haven't Had any rain since so I can't really dispute this. The point I am making is it is not water ingress which has occurred in the last week as we have had warm sunny conditions so even if the roofer is wrong and...

The leak has been sorted as i said, also had no rain for the last week and andsuspected mould is on a different wall (which is a side wall and has no guttering). Hence me asking if anyone could shed some light on why the stain/suspected mould would appear now/in the location it has and how best...

Just noticed too that if I rub the top half of the section of wall which I've just noticed the brown stains on I get white powder on my hand.

Hi guys, would appreciate a bit of advice. Basically about 12 months ago i noted some damp/discoloration appeared on the bedroom wall. I was aware the property needed repointing and made arrangements. The day before the builder began reppointing the guttering burst leading to excessive water...