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In my middle room, on the right-hand side of the right alcove, there is plaster and paint degradation. About 1.5m up, inside, there is some kind of damp issue. Just outside, there is some, too, as well as cracking. Inside, there is an area where the plaster is light to the tap (water...

Moved in to refurbished/replastered Victorian terraced home in mid 2013. In the front lounge, north-facing bay window, there is damp or condensation. See diagram attached. These walls are very cold. We don't see window condensation, but also don't much think there is water coming in (windows...

We live in a Victorian terraced house. In parts (esp. the lounge, it's cold). My family keep saying, "Get carpet, it will be warmer." I agree, but I'd hate to lose the floorboards look. What alternative insulation methods are there that would allow us to be warmer and to retain the...

Hi, I want to put a couple of floating shelves on a wall between two side walls, above a toilet. It's unlikely off-the-shelf (pun intended) floating shelves from the shop will be the exact right width (75cm W x 22cm D, as it happens). So how do I go about getting the right dimensions for...

I live in a terraced house built circa 1898. The house had been redeveloped before we moved in in summer 2013 (cowboy botch jobs on plaster, drainage and maybe more, we'll see, but that's a different story)... Work appears to have included removing a gas/electricity meter from a hallway...