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Hmm, OK, I will have a look at the wall, I will take some pictures, but can't do that until tomorrow. thanks for all your posts so far...it seems like cavity wall insulation is a bit hit and miss unless it's actually designed into the building then?

Hi, My house is a semi built circa 1900. ON the external wall, and the exposed party wall in the loft, I can see some bricks that appear to have draded to the point where I can crumble of bits of brick with my fingers. This has also happened with some of the mortar joints. I have heard that...

Yes, I was surprised too, but apparently it has....we are having some wall ties replaced in the front wall, so I guess it must have! I guess maybe I have the date wrong, but I've seen the original deeds and they say 1897. It's definitely of Victorian look! You have me worried now, How...

I am considering cavity wall insulation, but after reading some of the posts here, it seems like it's more trouble then it's worth....? My house was built in 1897 and the exterior walls seem to use a yellowy sandy mortar that seems to be a bit crumbly in places, along with a couple of the...

Hi wierdfish, I've recently bought a new house of a similar age, with a similar blackening of some bricks around the front door. Before I purchased the house I got an expert to test the house for Damp. They recorded higher levels of damp in the wall around the Front door. The suggested...