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yes, exactly. I had a conversation with my BC man once we'd stripped back to bare brick, and our consensus was internally insulate using...

An old man living basically in one room and 115 years of coal fires every day. I think when considering breathable lime plaster you...

It does, and a cavity, but when we inherited it, the internal walls were so wet you could almost literally wring water out of the...

....and after 440 pages of theory, the writer of the Salford report carried out a real-world experiment and wrote in his conclusion "If...

I've read it and it sets out to prove what the writer wanted to prove....except look at this from that report- "rising damp" in an early...

It's amazing isn't it that there are a zillion threads and articles out there about damp in caravans - very similar issues that people...

It’s been impossible to reproduce rising damp in the lab , the lab being a basement which was flooded and had all the main brick types...

I'll stick to my opinion, you have every right to have yours.

No not really - I've experimented myself and yes a brick in water gets wet so there is an element of truth, and maybe the next brick up...

My 2p based on my own experiences and my training in condensation control (merchant navy). Rising damp does exist to some extent, BUT...

wacked MOT and then concrete lintels laid over at 90 degrees to the bearers. This is what my shed supplier recommended a few years ago...

Shelf reinforcing with painted mild steel square section and furniture connection screws (they go right through, and the heads are...

Too expensive? a 1.5 m length is a fiver. Drills with a normal twist drill. It's what I do with chip shelves to resist them sagging. -...

Of course open unused chimneys cause damp. Stick a bucket or container outside and see how it fills up in the rain - that's how much...

Use 15mm or 20mm square steel tube. https://www.themetalstore.co.uk/ (they'll supply it cut to the length you require) fasten to shelf...