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Update: Our house is an addition to what was once a stand alone detached property next door. The Chimney stack brickwork is not bonded into the old chimney on one side and it appears that water is coursing down the gap in between the two as the mortar joint is degraded. Some mortar also needs...

Tell80 What advice have I ignored? Bristol Ben made a suggestion, which, whilst valid, would in my opinion be an extreme measure at this stage. You asked a number of questions which I answered to the best of my ability and have only just come back with a somewhat acidic reply! That you need...

Update to thread... Following a brief burst of torrential real cats and dogs rain a fortnight ago we had just a few drops of rain dripping through the upstairs bedroom ceiling at the edge of the chimney breast. A heavy downpour for the next hour or more did not worsen the flow, a single sheet of...

Apologies, I meant Stain Block....

There is some evidence of damp at the rear corner of the stack where it joins the walls either side. To put it into perspective the room was decorated and wallpapered 4-5 years ago and has only just started to present the dark patches. The wall to one side may be lath and plaster.

There is nothing to see, other than perfectly dry sound walls apart from the patches. On the roof? There's not a fireplace in the room above. We moved in 35 years ago and there wasn't one then. They have a new log burner downstairs. Suspended. Yes. Damproofing paint has worked well on the...

We have a longstanding issue with a strange re-occurrence of damp spots either side of a chimney breast in an internal party wall of our semi detached Victorian house. One patch about a foot square just above the skirting, another on the other side about 6" square about 18" higher, and a small...

Will try to do tomorrow, thanks...

We've recently had some upvc windows fitted. Above the header on each one is a full length strip with a 2mm upturn along the leading edge. Some project at 90 degrees, others the nose drops down a couple of millimetres but on 2 of them the nose is 5-10 mm in the air. There's a good mastic seal...

We've been looking at replacement of some old Boulton and Paul casement wooden frames, 700mm high x 1700 wide approx, 2 openers either side of a central panel with 4 panes of glass in each. To replicate in UPVC using the normal 70mm(?) profile would make them look very bulky. We've looked...

My builder has been taken ill so i'm going to try and take out an internal wall myself! I know the mechanics of the process but am not sure about holding up the existing ceiling and some other points? Edited: Sorted problems now............. .