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much appreciated thanks for your help

Yeah ill do that thanks. More photos here to show whats going on, gap between mine and the neighbours, just soil and rubble no drainage. The soffit seems pretty far out so not sure its from above. Feels dry to the touch though.

i think it might be the overflow for the water tank, we dont have ours in the attic as you normally would, so yeah my understanding is they are generally plastic but i dont know if thats standard. theres another pipe behind that one, assume thats for the airsource hot water cylinder

thanks, lantern was only placed there last week, damp seems to have been there over a year.

Hi folks wondering if this is a damp issue, seems to be always wet looking even in summer, theres a water tank on the other side of the wall and airsource unit, zero sign of damp inside its bone dry. Not sure how to go about investigating this.

id swing in, or make a pocket door

Hi folks, removing mouldy caulk from a shower and the grout was failing, little moist and crumbly in parts so i assume the water was running behind the caulk at those parts. As im removing it theres what looks like a kind of fabric layer and a little bit of white caulk coming from the back of...

Thanks Woody appreciate it!

Hi folks, recently noticed dark areas appearing on the left and right side of a vaulted roof, you can clearly see the stud on both sides, at the top. behind both walls are closed off attic spaces, the eaves are not covered so theres still ventilation on both sides. prior ro rennovation a few...

hi ive recently wired up some bookcases with strips of LED COB lighting, decided to add the switch beside the main room light 1 way switch. theres 3 cables going into the room switch, this switch is only for 4 spotlights. any advice on whats going on here and whats involved with wiring the LED...

it was mid summer, everyone seems to agree on the dry bricks being the issue

the mortar crumbles in your hand, not that much effort. i reckon that too

yeah there is its just gonna take a while

yeah it was a team of brickies, 3-4 i believe. really surprised at this cause the job itself was very professional and tidy.

Hi Folks, hoping someone might have an idea of how this could have happened. 15m wall only 5 years old completely collapsed from bad wind over the weekend. each section was roughly 3-3.4m long before a pier was put in, the left end was just butted up to an existing block wall without any wall...