Recent content by PeteMillward

Thanks - that could be a good idea. It's certainly worth a try. The reason why I haven't done that before is that the plaster and the skirting board just aren't even slightly (touch) damp. Your suggestion is certainly worth trying - thanks.

No - I just got a roofer out and he did it. My house is a terraced and next door had a similar roof fitted.

After several attempts to patch up the roof on my 1906-built terraced house, I had the slate roof replaced with a modern tile form. The roofer left the original roof beams in and tiled over them. The job cost far less than I'd originally estimated I thought it might. This was about 18...

I have an early C20th terraced house. It has single skinned walls that my local damp proofing agency injected a damp proof course into a few years ago. When it rains, it seems as damp gets into the ground floor room in the bay areas and that it creeps along the carpet for around 60cm. I have...