Recent content by rule55

Ah, ok. It fulfills at least two of the above criteria.. That's very useful. I'm not sure that taking it down piece by piece and rebuilding would be very easy but I would have to take advice on that. Although it is an old building it is rendered and I figured a similar finish would disguise...

I have a Victorian brick-built workshop/outbuilding on my property (probably used originally for keeping a pony & trap) with what was probably originally a hayloft above. It's a smallish building with a footprint of approx 4x5 m but it's very damp due to the ground level being built up to a...

Ah, ok. Guess that makes sense as my wife was speaking to someone today who had to take out a loan for £12k to sort out some nasty dry rot in their property. I'm getting someone in for a bit of advice on Wednesday. I will update further. Thanks to all for their comments.

It's the ceiling joists in the two storey outbuilding - and visible from the ground floor area. There were no visible signs at the time of purchase (not seen by myself or the surveyor anyway) and we've just been through the legal paperwork and although one of the standard questions asked by our...

Yeah, I thought the joists looked suspicious too. I'm not sure what to do to be honest. Everything I've read says that the cause of the damp needs to be sorted before treatment can be effective and that's going to be the issue here. The most effective solution I guess would be to tear the...

Hi folks, Just registered with the forum after discovering a large fungal growth on the joists in a Victorian brick-built out building. I fear from doing some googling that it may be a dry rot fruiting body. The building is damp (ground level at back of building is probably 10ft higher than...