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Hi thanks for the response :) The cavity is aprox 100mm from memory and the leaves are basically 1 brick width, not at the property rite now so can't be exact with measurement! The front single window has a course of bricks on the outer leaf that rests on the UPVC window that is...

Hi I've been busy renovating my small 2 bed single storey cottage for a few months now and made an "interesting" discovery today. I pulled off a window frame to discover a 2 inch thick lintel looking very bent. It spans 2 windows both measuring just over 1meter wide and there is a brick column...

Yep spot on thank you :D No wall wart so looks like a FCU Cheers

Hi I've just received some cable track lights from Amazon (5 x 35V halogen spots with 12V transformer). There was very little info in the description and I presumed that a fixed installation like this would just wire into the mains lighting circuit, however on opening the box the transformer has...

Cheers for the info ajrobb I'll have a sneaky peak next time it chucks down, shouldn't have to wait to long knowing the great British weather! I'll also try and measure up properly where the path level is up to internally on my wall and see if the dampness is worse above or bellow it etc. I...

Only just realised I had another reply sorry! No I don't know exactly what level it is just that is defo above mine, sorry for being a bit vague! :oops:

No their floor is above mine and the path. I've been told that my cottage and the one that's attached to mine were amongst the first dwellings in the village, built for dairy worker families. The other houses in the street came quite a bit later on and it appears the one next door to me was...

Ahh, figured out how to add pics!!! :lol: Bit late now but better late than never, will hopefully get some time this week to crack on with the air bricks etc. :) My dodgey diagram of the wall and next door path: [/url][/img] A not so good photo of the path and alleyway: [/url][/img]

Lol yeh I'll just ask if they fancy dropping the path! I haven't stuck a bubble on it but it dose look fairly level, might have a proper look if I get chance. Hope so!! :lol: Yes the joists do run front to back and I have trimmed back the floorboards about 30mm to allow air to...

Hi, I have bought a small semi-detached cottage that I am busy renovating (total DIY amature by the way), which has a problem with damp on it’s gable end. The front and back walls are cavity brick, but the problem gable end wall is just a solid brick wall with no cavity. It seems like the damp...