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Would I need chimney balloons with c-caps? They don't look like they let a whole lot of air in.

Am selling up and moving to SW. England. Weather here is depressing. Fitted 4"(probably too much) vents to closed chimneys and trying to make chimney balloons for other 3.(any ideas). C-Caps on all 6.

Drilled 4" hole where I thought the 3 fireplaces should be. Got lucky and then used smoke pellets. Problem Solved. Strange the amount of rain we get all six chimneys were dry.

My side is the one without the 4" vent hole. You can't see from photo but it has a bulge in the middle so am taking it down about 10 rows to the 2nd, blue bricks, but only in the middle. Yes c-caps, and will vent when finished. Scaffolding alone costs £2250,-. Won't get it cheaper round here...

Sligo. Can't afford to rebuild on my own €10.000.- + and neighbour not interested so making my side safe and repointing for €4,000.-. I have water coming in. The 3 blocked chimneys were done before I moved in (17 years) no sign of problems. Want to cap all six with plastic caps. If anyone wants...

3 fireplaces bricked up

Shared chimney and I want to cap my pots but do not know which are mine. I have 3 open fireplaces and 3 fireplaces bricked up. How can I tell. see photo.

Large chimney

I live in a terraced Town house with a shared brick chimney with 12 pots(6 each). My side is in a bad state of repair, neighbour's side a bit better and the council has condemned the whole chimney saying it must be rebuilt from the ridge up. Neighbour has refused to have anything to do with it...

You may be onto something. The extension is an awkward shape and no builders were interested(Celtic Tiger) so I had to get one man to build and labour alone in his weekends off. Naturally it took months to build and we had a very wet summer so this may be why the building is not completely dried...

It's a small hostel. This room has 4 beds not always occupied. The windows have trickle vents and the room is heated and well ventilated after use. It puzzles me that I have mould on the INSIDE of the glass. Thanks Sean.

I live on the west coast of Ireland, have just had a 30q. extension built. Black mould is starting to appear in corners and on the inside of the double glazed windows. How is this possible? The room is heated and vented regularly. Thanks Sean.

Just bought some Picton brand 7mm. t&g panelling for the bathroom. On the instructions it says use a vapour barrier. Should this be under the battens or over? Also it says leave a gap top and bottom so air can circulate. How is this achieved with skirting and a border? Picton don't seem to...

The wooden stairs are old and wide and I have rubbed them down, applied undercoat, 3 coats of gloss and 1 coat of varnish! Still the paint wears off! On one section I tried PVA first but still no good. Help.

Thanks, Gasman. Here goes...