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It's sealed. I checked this last year.

Hi John, was that your way of saying it's definitely water leaking in and has nothing to do with humidity or cold walls? :unsure:

It's been a while since my last post in January. Nearly a year on, I'm still seeing the same issue. In the summer, I sealed the external cavity brick wall (gable end) with storm dry and it's made no difference, so presumably, this has nothing to do with water ingress through that wall. As...

I'm toying with the idea of designing an outdoor kitchen and was after some advice on a fireplace. I have a space of about 3 x 5.5m to play with and it will run alongside my fence. I was thinking about building four brick pillars and sitting a tiled roof on top (pavilion style) with cladded...

In what way? there's nothing in there apart from a few mm of water.

Bit of an update. I managed to lift the other drain, which is about 3m away. There isn't a feed into it, so I can only assume it's an overflow from the other drain. I'll speak to my neighbours tomorrow to see if they know how their drains work. If I can't break into the foul water drain, I'm...

Thanks everyone, very helpful as always. I will find out where the downpipe goes at the other end of the house and run the hose pipe down there. With any luck I'll see some water coming out of the flapped pipe. If not, I'll keep exploring. There is another drain cover under my decking. If...

I took the drain cover off and flushed the toilet and it's definitely connected to the house waste system. It also looked to be about 4 feet deep. One feeding pipe into the chamber seemed to have a flap on it. This wasn't the one that was fed from my house flushing the toilet. I wonder what that...

Guess my next question should be if I can use it, how easy is it to connect? DIY job or getting in a pro?

Thanks, that's sound advice..... Wish I'd thought of that before posting :D

Hoping somebody can help. Currently, the main drain pipe from my house is diverted off onto my carport roof and then sent to carport guttering, and then down a drainpipe to an old water barrel. This then overflows into my garden, which will eventually flow to my neighbour's garden. Not ideal...

Anybody else got any theories as to what's causing my damp problems?

Yes, I had it in my old house and never had an issue. Nowadays though, all I hear is horror stories..... If I were to consider it, I'd have to do a load of research. The limited research I've done leads me to believe spray foam could be a more modern and higher performing solution...

Just read about 'Stormdry Masonry Water Repellent', which seems to get rave reviews. I wonder if I should just get on with painting the brick with this. Unfortunately, I can't do the white solid wall as it's painted, but I suppose the paint should provide a water seal anyway.

Harry, I meant to add external wall insulation on the solid walls, where they attach foam or celotex and then a couple of coats of render. I did wonder whether it was worth getting the cavity walls cavity filled as well, but everybody I speak to, says not to, as it CAN cause damp problems.....

Bit of an update. I've been in the attic and checked the loft insulation near the eaves and all appears to be dry. Last night was another cold night and there was a slight damp patch in the morning. We've been keeping the bedroom door open at night to see if that helps. One thing was certain...

Cheers all, I will try the fan and chalk ideas also.

Yes, I was wondering that. The walls are generally pretty cold to touch, guess that's because they are plastered rather than plasterboard and plaster? Just feels like condensation hitting a cold and damp spot because of the roof leak. I'll start venting the room at night now by leaving doors...

Thanks, I will take a look!

I had a roof repair done last week as there were some tears in the roof felt. This was all patched and tiles relaid. I noticed this morning that the bedroom wall was soaking wet again and I don't even think it rained last night, although the temperature did reach -2. I mentioned before that...