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OP, Is this in a kitchen or a bathroom? Is the idea to make good the 1300mm x 600mm damaged section & then tile to match?

OP, There's no need "to take up the living room floor" - why do you say that? But you do need to go under the floor into the crawl space and examine, & pic if possible, below the hall floor sagging. The grills I mentioned are merely covers like vent covers on blocked off fire places.

OP, Halls are well known for lack of ventilation or even sub-area access. Back in the day they often installed venting grills or air bricks under the front door sill. Worth a try? Under floor through ventilation is vital to prevent dry rot. You could try using Decor Grates (Amazon) or Air vent...

John D, No no - the idea is that all the outside walls are plaster stripped to 1m , skirtings replaced and injections with silicone on both sides of the walls. Jobs a good'un, and the OP deserves no less.

OP, Simply use a hammer, & a large flat blade screwdriver to hammer, split and prise the wood out. Then remove & clean the bricks and re-bed them with mortar.

OP, You really need the Damp companies out there as soon as possible. A thorough, full house damp survey will do your problems no end of good.

Poster #10, Stop, stop, stop - digging yourself in deeper. You simply do not understand what you are talking about. Careless talk costs lives. You are a googler, inexperienced in basic building work but are now ducking & diving with further misunderstood google information to wriggle out of...

OP, Find the DPC and indicate where it is on a posted photo. Its typical to remove the concrete to 150mm below the DPC. Can you also indicate on a photo the height of the interior FFL? The path wall butting up to the house might also be bridging damp into the presumably outer skin of the wall...

OP, Will the fireplace opening dimensions allow you to fit your stove of choice? The flue itself can be swept by a chimney sweep using various brushes & flails - you will then, of course need to drop a flexi flue liner down the flue. First rake out all the existing fireplace mortar to what...

OP, Could you post a couple of pics of the floor - show a bit of detail and a context. What kind of vinyl do you have in mind?

OP, Sounds like a very big job that deserves visits from the Damp & Timber companies. In the meantime why not post lots of pics of the inside and the outside - post as many as possible? Plastering both sides of the wall seems to be another option. Your posting history suggests that you are the...

OP, You could show any quoting roofer this thread - at least, it will say that you have some knowledge of roofing repairs. Your Gutter guards are helping but they dont stop sludge accumulating in the gutter or stop foliage growth. Neither do they remove leaf debris from sitting on top of the...

Poster #7, If you dont know why metal channels are superior to other channels then why are you advising on a plastering issue on a plastering forum? I'm giving the OP an option - you are talking about a mysterious something you call "the balance of probability". What do you mean by "the...

Poster #5, No suggestion was made for a plasterer to "deal with the electrics". The point is, no householder wants to start having the walls hacked out after its just been plastered rather than before its plastered.

Poster #12, I dont think you realise that what you are suggesting is dangerous?