Recent content by Matthew14

Hi, I have been informed I need to get my chimney pots capped. Due to rain getting in and birds. (I've had a few birds in the flue recently) I had a roofer round today who has told me they are already capped but what they have in them is like a clay half arched inset. I'll upload a photo of...

This is a pic to show what I was meaning about there being a different section of brick at the bottom. Luckily the above bricks are in pretty good condition. Just these lower browny bricks have faired badly. Although I plan on doing all the pointing on both types of bricks. Any idea on why...

Thank you all for your replies. Very helpful to me. I definitely think I'll have a good go myself at scraping the bad mortar out and repointing it. Might need to set aside a month or 2 for the sheer size of the wall.

Thanks for your help, I'll post a picture from street view for now if that helps? I can get some better pics tomorrow once it's light. The street view pic has my side wall in the way. But I can get some better ones when it's light. No the wall hasn't ever been rendered. Would getting the wall as...

I'll post a bit of a better view. Above the removed wall upstairs is another full solid brick interior wall. It is a solid plastered on the nib. No signs of damp on the other side of the nib just that one patch. In the uploaded image the pictures on the wall are on the exterior wall where the...

Thanks for the replies. I was thinking these were old fashioned rawl plugs but wasn't sure. There doesn't seem to be any source of water other than rain. The roof slopes to the front and back of my property and the damp patch inside is on the side wall so no dripping guttering or anything. The...

Hello, my property was built in 1900 an end terrace, I have seen some penetrating damp patches on my inside wall and checked outside and found random bits of wood hammered into the wall between the mortar. Some has rotted to almost nothing. I am planning on removing this wood and filling it in...