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Air bricks on front elevation Other side of air bricks. Have been covered with a cement plaster Another picture of the inside wall of the front elevation. Located where another air brick is Wood rot on the left hand party wall in our corridor. This was wet to the touch Screed Floor...

If the DMP has failed in the walls of the house, or if it is bridged by either the inside or the outside, and I install a chemical DMP what is the best course of action following this? Would it be best just to remove the plaster and let the wall dry out for a few weeks / months and then plaster...

The slab is presumed to have been laid in 1987 when the flat was last renovated - no idea what building practices were like then - I wasn't even born! I'm hoping to get into the property tomorrow to check if the slab is damp (haven't completed on the mortgage just yet). If I were to channel...

Is it possible to then fix the DPM that I have drilled down to? (assuming the excavation would damage it?

Not entirely sure where to put this so I hope this is the right place. Im trying to solve the damp issue in my flat, but it seems everywhere I look there is an alternative method of fixing the issue, and so many rogue (and expensive ways) of just covering it up for it to still be an issue down...

Has anyone actually managed to use the scheme? I've looked into it a few times and contacted a number of companies who are registered but none of them are based in London and none of them have got back to me. When reading into it, it seems that there has been a really low uptake on businesses...

I should have mentioned - as it's lower ground floor we're already seriously lacking in height. Taking any height off it will make it feel very cramped (and the height in our kitchen area is already under 2m)

Can't say why they did it, our surveyor reckoned it's due to decay / beetle infestation, but in doing so they have bridged the DPC. Such a shame as this flat would be perfect for us with the wooden floors

First renovation project

I'm undergoing a renovation project and looking at installing some underfloor heating. It is a lower ground floor flat with a concrete slab for a floor. It's approx 50sqm and consists of a open plan kitchen/living room and a large bedroom. The current central heating system pipes are copper...

I am purchasing a lower-ground floor flat which currently has all of the plug sockets and wiring surface mounted in trunking. I'm undertaking a renovation project on the house soon so now is the time to get them hidden! I am looking at installing a wet UFH system between a concrete slab and my...

I'm at a loss as to what decision I should make. I'm just in the process of buying a new lower ground floor flat in London which is approx 50sqm. Its been unoccupied for a few years and we will be renovating before we move in. In the late 80s the wooden floor was ripped out and replaced with a...

I am purchasing a lower ground floor flat and we have identified that there is a fairly bad damp problem. We have had a damp specialist in and they have recommended the treatment outlined at the end of this post. They have mentioned we should give the plaster 1 month per 25mm of wall thickness...