Recent content by houseonahill

The first picture above was taken before clay cowls were fitted. No internal vents, the breasts are on the outside and we do want to get some fitted to the exterior - brick vents or similar.

If it helps anyone, here is a photo of our neighbour's chimney - of the same design and condition. They have similar gaps in pointing. I have tried to include all the detail I can, and everything I can think of to mention. If anyone has questions or requests for pics, if I can supply then, then...

OK. I'm aware the first pic in my post isn't high quality - apologies for that - I can't get onto the roof to get a much better shot. Hence why I've been asking roofers to look! I don't see how my photos on this post have anything to do with whether *they* do a good job or not. To be clear...

I've seen other posts on this forum in this vein but still need advice. We have been suffering with a damp issue related to our chimney stack. It's a 1950s house, hipped roof. The stack is quite large with two pots. All fireplaces in the house have been blocked off for years (by previous owners)...

Thanks @Harry Bloomfield that's interesting! Yes, to be fair, there was some washing drying inside (in a room with a slightly open window) yesterday but I think we would still have had condensation without that. The house is reasonably well sealed and it's tough to keep the air dry when one is...

Long story short, we have: 1950s house Double glazing, only about 10 years old, good condition. No condensation between the panes. Trickle vents OR openers that we leave open a crack during the night Two adults in the house, no pets High outdoor humidity (it was 91% RH last night!) and humidity...

Thanks @JohnD. No, we don't typically get window condensation in that room as no-one sleeps there. Might change in the future if we have kids! But I'll always keep an eye on humidity levels / temperature...

Recently posted about getting some plastering work done and whether to board and skim or just chip off old skim and re-skim... Trades did the latter in most places but we decided to board in some small areas for various reasons. On one wall in particular, they put 10mm gyproc board on the wall...

Thanks @Wayners - if I understand you correctly, you mean take a hammer and chisel and chip at regular intervals / rows along entire walls. What's loose comes off, what's not stays on. Then prep + skim? (The other option I have is to board it all then skim - but I'm wary of that due to losing...

I've seen lots of threads about this sort of issue but every case has details that are slightly different to ours... and I want to get the right advice here. We are renovating our 1950s house and all our walls are like this (see below). Previously, all walls had wallpaper - which was carefully...

Yes the lower noise level is lovely. The old fan was much more noticeable in that regard. Only issue is the electrician put a very ugly ceiling vent in with the new one, which I will replace for something nicer in due course!

Hey all, I just wanted to follow up on this thread in case it helps anyone with a similar problem. Following JohnD's suggestion and more research on my part, we got a TD Silent 350 timer inline fan installed. (We also topped up the rockwool insulation above the bathroom from 270mm to 370mm)...

Thanks. I read that they're not as reliable as Manrose? But I might be wrong in that. The reason I wanted the humidistat is that I like the idea of the fan responding to elevated humidity even when someone's not using the shower etc. The house is generally fairly humid and we live in a part of...

I am looking for a really good bathroom extractor fan. At the moment we have a pretty weak one with an extraction rate of 27 l/s. It's positioned right over the shower yet we get bad condensation on the walls. A friend has an inline system with a humidity sensor. It automatically varies rate of...

@Godwasaplasterer ??? I don't follow - the walls had areas of old skim removed because it was loose (about 35%, in random places). The rest of the old skim was firm and remained in place. Then, the whole of the walls, top to bottom, was covered in blue grit. And the spreader then put new skim...