Recent content by LouF

Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned I have had a plumber look at the pipes in the kitchen and feels it is not a leak. Sorry to have angered you but when you have spent a year doing a house up, run out of money to spend on it, a husband who works away and a line of tradesman who have...

I moved into my house lady August it was surveyed and showed no damp. I re wired re plummed and had all the walls skimmed shortly after we moved in I noticed this stain on an internal wall. It had now spread all along the wall and around the corner to the front external wall. The house is solid...

I've just posted in the building forum about an issue I'm having with rising damp. It appears the culprit may be the water supply ( with the stopcock on). I had the house completely re plumbed last year before moving in as it was lead. I was led to believe this pipe was no longer in use but have...

Oh dear think plumber may have told some fibs. Just checked the stop valve I mentioned was closed it wasn't I turned it off and as it turns out it is still in use as it turned the water to the house off. Which now has me wondering. Is it leaking also I appear to be getting my water through a...

The other side of the wall is the hall and kitchen. There is the old water main pipe runs up the kitchen wall but this has been out of use since it was re plumbed last yearas it is lead I think the water tank from the loft was drained first. Can't hear or visabily see any leaks. However this...

Hi I was just wondering of anyone could advise me. I purchased a 1937 semi last year in a state of internal disrepair. Over 7months it was rennovated re plumbed new kitchen/ bathroom and replastered. The mortgage survey had no evidence of damp and when whilst we were renovating it there was no...