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HJ, I would keep looking. To be honest £2500 seems v cheap. My very small bathroom in Wales (so cheaper wages) cost £3K. But maybe I got ripped off!! Maybe wait a while until you have been in the area for longer, get to know people and then perhaps you will be able to get recommendations...

Thank you both, so useful to have this info.

OK - any tips on good cable?

Thanks Lucid, I have a recommendation for an aerial fitter, so hopefully he can sort it after the Bank Holiday! The aerial has been up there for donkey's years so maybe it needs replacing...

Hi DIY-ers My aerial has come loose and is banging against the chimney when it's windy. Do I need a roofer or do I need a TV aerial person to fix it?? Sorry if stupid question, I know I ask a lot of them on here!!

Hi Blightymam - they are all low down. I have never noticed any higher up, but maybe they are blocked off inside. Will have a look outside - thanks for the suggestion!

Ha, my damp patches are bigger than your, Mattice. That's nuffin' I tell you. nuffin'. lighty man - there are quite a few air bricks on the outside of the house - are those what you mean? Or do you mean putting them inside (if I'm being stupid even asking that, excuse me!)

Thanks John, will try that!

Thanks Mattice. The walls here are solid brick too. It's just so annoying as all the external walls are bone dry and that's where you'd more likely expect to see damp, isn't it?. I took up one of the parquet blocks and had a feel around under the skirting board. There was a lot of fluff...

Hi - the floor is dry as far as I can tell - the concrete floor is overlaid with parquet set into bitumen. There are no pipes under the floor - the water mains comes though at a different part of the house.

Also, in case useful, house was built in 1926, cavity walls, floors on ground floor are concrete. No cavity wall insulation, there is loft insulation, but probably needs redoing as was done years ago and may not be up to modern standards?

Hope this works!

I had this exact problem with Jollyfill Wirquin! I found a troubleshooting guide on google which suggested diaphragm thingy needed replacing. I bought one off t'internet and after a bit of faffing around on my part I managed to fix the problem by replacing said diaphragm. I was very proud...

Hi there I have an ongoing battle with damp patches on the bottom of both sides of an interior wall. Got an independent surveyor in, who thought most likely caused by condensation due to the house being unoccupied for a long while and lack of ventilation etc. I also noticed staining at...

f it's any help, I paid around £3k for renovating a bathroom of roughly the same size. this included removal of old suite and installation of new suite, new electric shower (which involved upgrading some of wiring I think). room and floor all fully tiled. Price includes new suite shower, taps...

I agree with the post above. I am far from an expert on this, but if you have identified the source of the water which is causing the damp, then that should fix the problem? So, fix the faulty downpipe as Munroist says and see what happens. Also, watch this video, it is very helpful...

I've heard that mice can't resist Milky Way!

Hello DIYnot-ers Grateful for your advice! Have just had hideous old stone 70s/80s fire surround removed. I would like to to instal a new fire surround and hearth. This will probably be decorative only initially, but I would like the option to later on to use the fireplace either as solid...

Hi there Don't know if this will help, but a survey on my 1920s property found damp too. A damp proof contractor quoted me 3K to fix the problem by injecting a DPC. I then got an independent damp surveyor in who thought the problem was mostly condensation. Nearly four years on and after...

Thanks. I will test that out. I have found some paint stripper online that is supposed to be OK with marble, but I hate using strippers (hmm, that sounds slightly wrong!) so would be good if the turps works.