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Yes...good idea. Will keep you updated,. There is a long wait for a decent roofer and they reckon it will be 4 weeks before they can come round.

thanks. yes i have some specialists coming round, but am now armed with some technical terms and questions. Thank you for your help! Rob

Thanks very much for your detailed advice. We have had the house a year, of note, approximately 10 months ago the neighbours had an extension installed part of this meant having the chimney stacks removed, though I don't think this is likely to be the cause/contributer. I haven't asked them...

Dear DIYnot, Hopefully this forum can help, and the advice given will help me and others. I live in an end-terrace 3-storey house in South-West London built in the 1880s. This winter and spring we have had some water ingress (see photographs) into the wall around the stair case. What is...