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Thanks Jacko. I'll keep an eye out for the spider! ( if I ever go down there again - can't stand just walking on the joists if I can avoid)

I don't think its mould. I checked myself at the time. A bit cobwebby Thanks for your reply I think there was probably a historic leak in that area from way back before it was last reroofed.

The more insulation on the floor of the loft, the more likely water vapour will condense on the wood above etc due to the temperature drop as less heat from the house is able to get through. The more the insulation, the more important the loft space is ventilated.

Over the past couple years when there has been a lot of windy driving rain (that seems to happen more often these days), we have noticed spots of water staining in the back bedroom ( old terraced house) coming from the loft above, approx 30cm away from the edge of the chimney breast After...

This may not apply to you; In a general sense, humidity will condense on the coldest spots. When the weather gets very cold, where there is plenty of insulation, it will stay warm, but where there is insulation missing the cold spots my act like a magnet to damp air condensing on those points...

Hi I want to put blinds up speedily, cheaply and with minimum fuss as quite a lot of them ( i.e. prefer not to have to use battens) I have sash windows. On one of the windows I want to put it on the architrave surface mounted at the top. The architrave may be ogee ?? At the top edge of the...

I used my own pot of Zinseer coverstain and hey presto the stains are blocked. I wonder what they did use, or just 3rd time lucky...

Great tip about cleaning brush etc. I will be trying some more stain block after hols

Hi Its a ceiling. Not much rain recently so should have dried out.

Thanks for input and helpful info. I read somewhere that when a plumber needed to raise floorboards on an install they used a crowbar to raise the screwed down floorboards and ruined the boards/joists. So I need to have the correct screwdriver ready ! just in case

Carpenter used star head spax screws to fix trad floorboards to joists. i don't have a star screwdriver so what do I need to buy if I need to raise a board? Totally confused as not much clarity about what size these screwdriver kits are and if compatible. I don't speak the language Do plumbers...

:)(y)(y) I googled it and Sanderson have already used it (one of the wallpapers in the V&A) so think again !

Thanks for input. Would you be able to say more ?

I've chucked the pieces now. They had lime plaster on the back so they felt substantial with layers of paint, but just seemed like embossed 'wallpaper' to me.

Fabulous story Pete. So that sounds like it means it's a pre-1963 pattern. I'm quite sad that my wallpaper's days are likely limited now. It looked great until the accident.