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    Stove install - water appearing under hearth

    Hi thanks for the replies, that is what the damp person thought. Yeah they put a flue liner in. With the stove, hearth, liner and installation it cost us near 3k so gutted about it at moment. I'll go back to the stove shop to see if they can do as suggested and lift hearth and put DPM...
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    Stove install - water appearing under hearth

    Hi, 1. What damp problems did you have? Did you get a damp & timber report, & do you still have it? Rising 2. What do you mean by got it sorted? Plaster hacked off, wall injected internally and externally. 3. Was gypsum plaster used or render to "replaster"? Not sure 4. Exactly what new...
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    Stove install - water appearing under hearth

    Hi Ree, sorry just seen your post. We were clearing out furniture and saw efflorescence in the alcove to the right of the chimney breast. Timberwise did survey and hacked off plaster to the right along external wall, injected internally and externally (including fire place) and replastered. Not...
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    Stove install - water appearing under hearth

    The fire is on wall with the guinell between us and next door and which is a student property and their fireplace is sealed off. I doubt coming down chimney as nothing on top of hearth and had a good feel at the back and no wetness. Also we recently had flashing and pointing sorted on stack...
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    Stove install - water appearing under hearth

    Hi, We've just had a new hearth and wood burning stove installed by hetas approved installer and the day after the stove has been on there appears to be quite a lot of water under the hearth that evaporates over the next couple of days. It is a Victorian terrace and when moving furniture for...
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    New damp proof, salts appearing

    The report said rising damp and just that it would be re plastered to the re plastering specification. Doesn't say what though but they seem a reputable firm and came recommended. Not sure on type of plaster used or if painted in bitumen. So basically salt shouldn't be showing if done properly...
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    New damp proof, salts appearing

    Hi, We live in a Victorian terrace and when moving some furniture noticed a small patch of effloresence coming through the plaster. A damp company confirmed we had damp so 2 weeks ago we had the plaster removed on a 4m width of wall, injected and then replastered to about a metre high. The base...
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    textured black porcelain tiles and residue

    Yeah, 2 yrs, other stuff come up like kids and other more important stuff like soundproofing. getting round to the odd jobs now! I washed the walls with a diluted bleach mix thoroughly before. Anyhow after using the Fila Residue remover a few times and scrubbing, the tiles look much...
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    textured black porcelain tiles and residue

    Hi we've got some textured black porcelain tiles from topps called Qrock, grouted with grey. They've been on for a couple of years but have more a greyish appearance - not sure if old grout residue or the sheen from the tiles gone when grouting (the grey grout seemed coarser). Only just getting...
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    Downpipe rain noise

    Hi, The landlord next door has a noisy downpipe that I would like to try and sort. We're soundproofing the rest of the house so want to sort this too. It is a plastic downpipe from the wooden guttering and it runs vertical, no bend, into a hopper and then straight down to the drain. There...
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    soundproof - stud & resilient bars

    Cheers will work out what i need and get ordering :)
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    soundproof - stud & resilient bars

    Cheers Deluks, just getting a list of stuff I need before going to a couple of builders merchants to get quotes. So you would say forget about the resilient bars for a separate stud? I've read they will stop more impact noises. I reckon I need 12 so at about £4-5 each it won't cost the earth...
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