Recent content by needsomehelp

Thanks for the suggestions and advice so far - much appreciated. When I arrived home last night, I noticed the dark areas had faded and were a much better match for the rest of the wall. However, this morning, they were dark again, so I'm sure that the wall is now absorbing more moisture...

Hi - I spent Saturday trying to clean mortar from external brickwork after a bad repointing job by a builder a few years ago. I used brick acid to clean the wall, and washed it down thoroughly after 20 minutes with water. Now, though, the section of wall I applied the acid to looks darker...

Thanks for the replies so far. I checked the boiler last night and it's a Potterton Netaheat. Apologies for my lack of technical knowledge, but the flue to the outside appears to be both drawing air and expelling hot exhaust. It looks like a tube inside a tube, with metal fins across it...

Hello - I have a very small house (2 bed mid-terrace) with a draughty kitchen. In fact, it's so draughty that the central heating never reaches cut-off when the weather is very cold. I noticed that there are two air bricks, each about 20cm by 20cm (the "grid of holes" type), directly above...

I'm hoping for some advice about a damp section on an external wall. The wall in question is rain-facing, and when it gets wet, a two-metre-high section remains wet much longer than the rest of the wall. The problem area was actually badly pointed when the house was built (the mortar was very...