Recent content by No23

Tim, thanks for reply. In answer to your questions: 1. yes, plaster remove due to damp (the likely cause has been a leaking gutter above the front door. It may have been like this for some time and previous owners just left it). 2. It's an internal solid wall which is between the front...

It wasn't a render coat that's just been removed although that's not to say there hasn't been one previously.

Sorry about the rather large photo's. I've edited the original post so the photo's should be easier to view now (hopefully). Thanks for responses and to clarify, the wood is about 8-10 inches above the floor and pretty much goes back about one brick width. What I really want to know is...

I've hacked off the plaster on my hall walls back to the bricks in order to replaster. Once it was off, I noticed that there is a length of wood between the course of bricks about two or three inches above the skirting boards. I've never seen this before (I'm not a builder or anything so it may...

Anderson, I asked for that really :lol:

Well I received the written estimate yesterday and it goes on for three pages about how they will carry out the work etc. The last paragraph sums it all up for me though: "Whilst all skill and care has been exercised in this inspection, we cannot categorically state that it is rising dampness...

I know I am very likely to be slaughtered for this, but as I cannot see where the damp is originating from and the house is basically riddled with it, I called in a damp proofing company to see what they said. I suppose the response from them was somewhat predictable in that they said it was...

It's okay as it was the previous owner who had the chemical dpc installed :lol:

Yes, one of the walls does have a fire place on it and part of the damp is actually on the chimney breast. The fire place hasn't been blocked up btw and has an in hearth gas fire. The other wall in the pictures is the party wall adjacent to the fire place. The different plaster could be the...

I only looked under the floor in one place as I didn't want to take up all the laminate flooring (or rather the wife doesn't want me to). However, what I could see of the walls under the floor they appeared to be concrete and wider than the wall built on top if that makes sense. The concrete...

Well my reply may have been a long time coming, but better late than never :oops: Anyway, I took the paper off the affected parts of the wall before Christmas so I have posted some pictures of the bare walls. Today I finally had a look under the floorboards. It was a bit difficult due to...