Recent content by Nick2847

Thanks veedee, I'll go down the same route I think.

Thanks mate, your help is appreciated and all taken on board. Some good places for me to start although I will be getting someone in as my DIY skills don't stretch beyond a bit of painting. Cheers.

Thanks @JobAndKnock all great advise. The whole house has previously had bodgey repairs so this is just another thing for the list! This room is next so I'll address the floor properly, just hoped it wasn't something that needed addressing straight away and turn into a big job. I had a CCTV...

Thanks for the reply @JobAndKnock I think the floor is concrete foundations then a 2 inch layer of screed. Thanks for the points on DPM. The adjoining lounge next to this room has the same concrete subfloor but a blue DPM can be seen around the edges. Same for the front room. The kitchen maybe...

Hi, novice here. Just bought a house and the kitchen floor has a sandy mix at the edges. This sandy material is damp in places. It's the gap between the external wall (conservatory on other side) and kitchen. The concrete subfloor is about 2 inches thick, then I think it is solid concrete under...

What was your solution @veedee as I am doing the same to my house at the moment? Thanks in advance

I think you guys are on the wind up! Cheers for the thoughts anyway

Thanks both. Can I ask why not, as it seems to be on the majority of Victorian houses in my area? Just to answer your questions @tell80 incase it reveals a problem. 1. Yes, solid walls. 2. DPC advised to be 2 course from ground level and where the efflorescence stops so makes sense? 3. Air...

I am having some work done to lower the ground height around my house and have filled the old air bricks in (white bricks on photo) as my internal floors are concrete with a DPM. My question is should I Bitumen over the lower 2 courses of bricks (once the weather improves and the brick work...

Thanks again @Mr Chibs My plan is to brick up the air vents, drop the ground height to prevent breaching the slate DPC and ventilate as much as possible. Thanks all for the advice, you have put my mind at ease.

I don't think so but have been told on here before that eleven inch walls can be cavity walls, even in my old (1907ish) house. I'll be asking my brickie to do a bit of investigation next week.

Update. Just to quickly revive this thread, I've had a brickie come and inspect the air bricks with an endoscope and they are only 2 brick widths deep. It is then the DPM and hitting the concrete subfloor. Inside is a solid concrete floor and a second DPM stood up around the skirting boards...

Thanks @tell80 Hopefully the pic I have taken will add to my explanation. Its too dark for outside pics but the kitchen, you can see through through arch is of the same brick construction and likely an original part if the house. Above this area is a bedroom so the roof meets the house a lot...

@JohnD belive it or not I was dealing with a leaking toilet last night (nowhere near these damp patches). No water pipes near this wall, in fact I believe they run under the floor on the opposite wall and there is no evidence of damp. A bedroom is above this wall. No other damp in the house. I...

I appreciate all the comments and advice. I'll definitely be using it to fix this problem.