Recent content by Phil Mortlock

We moved into our 1907 house last year and noticed the corner of the kitchen wall is damp as the paint is turning into powder and coming off. It looks to be this specific patch and no where else. This is an external wall on the side of the house and there are no pipes or anything around here so...

Hi all, Finally getting round to starting work on the garden in the house we bought last year and we want to erect some sort of fence for more privacy, however the majority of the garden has a 1.2m wall around - the back wall is brick (roughly 6m) and the side wall is stone (just under 12m) I...

Our stairs walls and ceiling were artexed when we moved in and the ceiling was also false (half height) so we took the ceiling down to open it up. We were originally going to have the artex skimmed over but because we’ve opened it up - the top half isn’t artexed so the walls are completely...

Bumping this as I've managed to lift most of the boards in the attic and have a look at what's going on. The joists don't span the full length but are half length and rest on one of the centre walls - the wall that I don't want to knock down. I've put together a basic layout diagram that I...

I'd say it's 8-9m a across. I've just prised some loft boards up and through the mist and the rubble this is what is directly above the red wall I want to remove, marked in red: Not sure if this picture is enough to help understand what's going on but it's too dusty to stay up there - will...

Is anyone able to offer any advice at all?

Hi all, Not had much experience in knocking down walls/structual work however will preface my post by saying I will not undertake any work before having it properly reviewed by a structural engineer - just can't get him out anytime soon so looking for initial thoughts. Saying that I'm quite...