Recent content by geraintf

thanks.. any ideas on what i should do? anyone??

We've just done a bit of digging and found a couple of photos taken in Oct 2009, just after we moved in. They show the affected area had for some reason been infilled with cement (!). I think our decorator just skimmed over the surface. Does this illuminate the situation?

looks like you're outnumbered there, freddiemercurystwin :wink: & with a surname like bulsara, isn't it a case of pot vs kettle? anyroad chaps all this japery doesn't help my efflorescence does it now?! :lol:

having read around a little on these forums, another possibility occurs. Could it be condensation caused by warm, moisture-laden air from the kitchen (possibly boosted by the rad) coming into contact with the colder, drier air of the living room? Is there a way of establishing whether or...

hi there, wouder if someone can help. i've got a nasty-looking patch of efflorescence on the wall of my c.1910 terraced house and I'm trying to work out what has caused it. The wall in question is a loadbearing solid (ie not cavity) brick wall between the living room (suspended timber...

hi nige f, yep that battern is rotten on one side but ok on the dry side (to the left in the pic)..

thanks for the speedy response John! I reckon the plinth is original cos I can see it on the other houses. As you say, it's quite likely that the external ground level has risen a bit, although I don't think there's bridging of any DPC going on. Well spotted on the woodworm :D it was treated...

hi there, first post, hope someone can advise.. I moved into my mid-terrace, c.1900 house in North London about six months ago. Standard construction for the age: solid walls with suspended (& exposed) timber floor, the sub-floor void ventilated front and back with an air brick at external...