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It's quite hard to show in a photo...basically you can only see the bricks showing through in certain lights - in direct sunlight you can't see them at all. I'm just a bit worried that if we paint over it, they'll just come through again. I think it's called ghosting.

I have a 1930s house, which I've lived in for 2 years. It was rendered, I'm guessing at least 20 years ago. In the last few months I've noticed that in one (south east) facing wall the bricks are showing through the render (you may be able to see in the photo). This has definitely not been an...

Couldn't see much (or smell anything, which is good...)

Thanks for your reply. More worryingly, we have a separate very small roof space over our bathroom, with no access, no ventilation and recessed downlights. There's no way of checking the roof space so I dread to think how much condensation must be getting up there...it's survived 30 years so...

Thank you, will give it a go.

Thanks for your reply. Would the extra insulation prevent warm air rising into the loft then? I've read conflicting information about extra insulation actually making condensation worse.

Insulation is fiberglass and 100mm thick. We've pulled as much back from the eaves as possible, as it was stuffed right down into them. There are three vents in the eaves but difficult to know how much ventilation they are providing. The tiles are standard clay tiles.

We have a 1980s extension and the loft has old style bitumen felt and not much ventilation. It's very low pitched and small (about 20 m2). We noticed that in cold weather we were getting a lot of condensation so sealed the loft hatch better and put in 20 lap vents. All good and lots of airflow...

Hi Ken, Thank you for replying again. No hissing sound or any evidence of leaks weirdly. We can get this checked out though. The cracks around the doors go straight from the top of the door frame to the coving. They are only on the upstairs doors and have appeared since the summer. So it does...

Hi Ken, Thank you very much for replying. We can't hear any hissing, and don't have standing water or evidence of blocked drains. The underground drain survey sounds like a good starting point though. The cracks in the bedrooms (around the doors) seem to have appeared since the summer, which...

Hello, We moved into a 1930s semi in May. Homebuyer survey carried out in February reported no problems with cracks etc. The house has an extension which was built over 20 years ago. I've noticed, in the last two months, that the floor (which is LVT over concrete) has started to sag in one...

Hi, Thank you, good to know. Do you also know how long an inspection typically takes? Thank you

Hi, We have a structural engineer coming round in a couple of weeks to do calculations for us to have a single door extended to a double door in a loadbearing wall. Has anyone had this done, and can tell me what kind of access they are likely to need? i.e. are they likely to need to take up...

Hello, We live in a mid terrace Victorian house. The rear chimney was removed from the ground and 1st floor many years before we moved in, and is left in the loft and above roof level. It is crudely supported in the loft, but needs to be demolished really to make it safe. Our chimney and...