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Can anyone help ? My neighbour has a number of trees on the boarder of our properties (unfortunately the trees are situated on his side) but are starting to grow high and out of control. I have worries that these may affect my property and a drain running through my property. I have tried to...

As anyone got any experience in requesting neighbours to reduce the height of trees on their side of the boundary. (Are they obliged to reduce the height of trees if they start to obstruct overhead property power cables ?)

Thanks for all the comments, the offending manhole covers three drains 2 from other properties although the manhole is on my drive. Do you think that the water company will pay for any repairs even though the chamber is on my land ?

Hi Frank I would say the drain is probably 50 years old, Not made of plastic,approx 1m deep,10 m long. Hope this helps.

Hi can anyone help ? I have seen some tree roots in a shared drain man hole. I was hoping that this may be cured by pruning local undergrowth then getting the drains relined. Any thoughts if this is the right plan of action and what is the cost of relining a 3" drain ?

Hi, I have just had a wall re plastered any thoughts on how long I need to leave it before giving it a first coat, and what is best the coat to use for new plaster ?

One of the walls in a bedroom has suffered badly from mould and condensation,damp. Hopefully the damp issue is sorted, but to remove the mould I used a bleach based mould remove on a painted wall. The result being the wall has streaks running down. My thought once mould has been removed was to...

Thanks for the reply, I think the source of mould was condensation mainly from the previous tenants, I have since treated the mould and I intent to repaint with alkali resistant primer then repaint with emulsion any thoughts ?

Mould resistant paint only comes in a few colours, has any tried to over paint it and what did it turn out like ?

The chap who installed the orginal damp course has suggested he has used the wrong type of plastering (any thoughts on this )?

Thanks for advise hopefully one issue solved.

Damp patches start approx 1 metre from ground level Approx 0,4m2. Will try and get some photo's today.

The boiler looks like it would need to be raised to raise the condensate pipe without creating a lute.

Will get a picture tomororw. (Damp proof "expert" recpmmended this cause of action.) Walls have no cavity they are solid.

Some of the brickwork beneath the painted front of the house feels quite soft and very red. I appear to have a number of damp areas approx 1m above the ground ,even though a new dampcourse has been injected into this area . Any thoughts

May have got my original estimation wrong the original condensate pipe it approx 6" from the pavement with approx 5m run to nearest foul drain.

Thanks for the explanation I did think of providing a condensing dryer but space in the kitchen is a bit limited, and like you said they still have to use it after you provide it. I will pass on your article. My gut feel is that most of the issues we have are man made I guess you would agree.

Yes to double glazing (No trickle vents) but installed condensation vents in both bedrooms. Vent fan in bathroom and kitchen. (Controlled on light switch) Central heating has a timed controller. Not sure about drying it's a rented house. (Suspect drying may be done on radiators) No tumble...

Gable end terraced. Damp on wall facing road, in living room approx 0.5m heigh roughly .3m square. Also damp on wall facing the road in the hall again aprrox 0.5m heigh a few dark patches. Both areas have had damp coursing work done due to reported high moisture content from the wall. (Not...