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ive recently bought an old terrace and it has a poorly built outhouse on the back to use for the washing machine/cold storage-its freezing-poorly insulated too. it has a lean too roof felted, which im sure is leaking-this is another problems i need to recitify. it is one brick thick and...

many thanks apparently the wall did have a damp course done about 4 years ago-no guarentee given -Cowboy job. it is ruffly about 1 metre high up the wall-DAM your possibly right it could be rising above this level. this is pooh pie i will try to obtain pictures

say it doesnt need a new roof, would it be best to felt it? and can this be done with buying rolls of felt and stapling it to the joist to prevent ****e coming in?

not sure about size of joists i will be going up there soon to check lets just say i hope it doesnt need a re-roofing. is this something i should be gettig quotes on? but how would i know?

i take it that means dont knock anything out but can i paint some sealent on?

on an interior wall that does not have any pipes around it, i have noticed a patch of damp appear in the middle of the wall about 1 metre up from the floor. the stairwell in the house runs in the middle of the house and this is the wall that the damp has appeared on in the kitchen. its...

ive recently bought an old terrace and it has a poorly built outhouse on the back to use for the washing machine/cold storage-its freezing-poorly insulated too. it has a lean too roof felted, which im sure is leaking-this is another problems i need to recitify. it is one brick thick and...

i hope someone can help. ive recently bought an old terraced house that has NO insulation except a layer of dust 2" thick. i would like to insulate the house as it is absolutley freezing even with the heating on. on the ceiling are the roof slates on the outside of course-No felting etc...