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Yeh I reckoned it might be something like this, did you seal again from the inside or outside or both? Cheers

Hi, Noticed a small (approx 2 inch’ patch of damp wall adjacent to the bottom right corner of our bay window. Room is recently replastered (dot/ dab), window was the existing one. We have had very heavy winds/ rain last night, so expect that was the cause. Does this tend to be due to defective...

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Hi, I am fitting a Honeywell wired alarm and was wondering if there is a better solution for fitting these to the wall than with the brackets which look horrid. Any pros out there have any suggestions. One of my rooms had coving making it a particular challenge. Thanks

I'd say surface water as when weather is dry the water under house goes away, then returns when heavy rain

Yes dpc well above any moisture

Hi yeh the dye was poured onto the surrounding soil so represents the ground water. When I dyed the drain a few weeks ago I got less dye under the house. I reckon there's about 2 and 1/2 foot between ground level and the concrete base. Garden flat but the old patio was sloping towards the house...

The drain leak is only tiny, a significant amount is just groundwater by the looks.

Hi, Have been finding varying levels of water under my house, suspended floor with crawl space/ concrete base. Varies between none to 1inch and seems to depend on rain etc. I have found a small crack in the foul waste pipe too. I poured drain dye onto the soil along back of house and got loads...

Hi, Cheers, yeh I may well do that, problem is the doors aren't level so the plaster is more proud in some places than others . I've got various strips of wood and the plane ready, will report back on how I get on!

Cheers doggit, that sounds better! Will give that a go.

Yeh, looking at it I won't have to move the door hinges. I'm going to pin some stripwood to the frame, punch the nails in deep then plane down to the level of the frame. That's the plan anyway . Thanks for your help!

Hi, Just had a few rooms replastered (old plaster removed and dot/dabbed. Just looking at my door frames and the new plaster is prions of the door frame. In terms of fitting the new architrave how do I go about this? Is it a case of fitting a small strip of wood to bring it flush or am I better...

Hi, cheers. Luckily my fireplace guy has said he can run some strips of slate around it to fill the gap. All these little things you don't think about!? Cheers

Hi, Having lounge replastered (dot/ dab and skim) but having log burner installed. We want to keep the internal of fireplace bare brick but want the chimney breast wall plastered. My question is how do you get a good edge on the plasterboard around the opening as with dot/ dab won't it be...

Hi, cheers for that. By insulate beneath the floorboards do you mean just the timber framed wall section below floorboard level or the actual void made between ceiling of lounge bay and bedroom floorboards? As you can see from earlier pics I've got some insulation in the wall bit only atm. I was...

Mine seems quieter now we have insulated but it's a quiet road so hard to say.

I think mine seems less noisy now insulated but quiet road so hard to tell. Got the vapour membrane on, ready for battening

Bump, any thoughts?

Hi, My first post here. In process of renovating and trying to do some of the work myself. Found that my bay window is completely uninsulated so want to get this sorted whilst I have all the plaster off. I have only just found this forum so have already done quite a bit, but want to check I...