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Thanks JohnD, I appreciate the time you’re taking here. That photo is right now, I’d not noticed the internal walls on the first picture if im honest but from the outside the wall itself looks damp and there was previously a green house there. Picture before any work was done The...

Even if the source of water is rising through the external brickwork and penetrating under the internal floor?

Thanks Mr Chibs, Yeah it’s water, so a fair bit frustratingly, although it rained quite a lot in a short space of time yesterday and those pictures were last night. There haven’t been any recent internal leaks and no other pipe work close. No other damp floors in the house but all the other...

It does look dry I agree but with some rain can look like this The back of the house is almost at the bottom of a fair few houses too so water will naturally flow towards us as well as the garden sloping.

That’s what I’m hoping, John. Not sure how though. The roll of dpc is underneath the frame and away from the drip tray, ground next to the brick has been dug away and the brick itself repointed. Could it be a case of the rain rising up through the ground externally and because of no dpc it’s...

Thank you both for replying There aren’t any water pipes close apart from the radiator you see and the leak wasn’t bad if I’m honest. I can feel moisture on the edge of the blocks to the left as well so some way to travel. There’s a gradual slope in the direction of the arrow but water all...

Been renovating a property for the best part of 12 months and I assumed, incorrectly, that I had solved our damp issue. This image was of the floor before any work was undertaken Since then we’ve had new wooden doors, repointed the mortar outside as that was failing and dug away to give...