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Thanks, I'm hoping I'll be able to get away with just replacing the outermost regions- if a stone of two fall out, scrape away behind them but draw a line at going any further back than that, unless it's still really crumbly behind that, if that doesn't sound foolish? The render outside has...

Thank you, that's reassuring. Made sense that it'd be safe to carry on, but with it being the first time I've done this I don't want to take any risks! The plan is to scrape out all the old crumbling mortar and re-point the wall, then I'll need to attach the membrane (yes, one of those...

No interest in that, looks like I'll probably have to get an expert in just to make sure I don't end up knocking the house then! Not sure if this will generate any responses either, but do any of you know what this is? Very hard and dark, behind the plaster, haven't seen it before and I was...

Knocked off a load of plaster to uncover damp stone walls, mortar crumbling quite severely. Just wondering if there's a chance knocking off more plaster could compromise the wall's structural integrity? The wall was solid before removing the plaster, no cracks/signs of movement. Here's a pic of...

Hi Daniel, thanks for the reply. That's a coincidence, we got our keys on 22nd July too. Hope you don't have too much trouble sorting the roof. We also recently discovered we have water coming in at the valley, and has been for many years apparently, still need to get someone in to have a look...

Thanks for the reply John, I probably should get someone in to look at it, but after some thinking, and seeing as money is so tight at the moment I think I'll probably just patch up the small section I've exposed and leave the rest alone. Then when it all falls down I'll come back here and you...

Was happily chipping off old bits of plaster etc in preparation for applying a damp proof membrane having already pulled up a rotten floor our surveyor helpfully decided not to draw our attention to before we bought the house, when I suddenly realised I wasn't exposing wall any more, but instead...

Would really appreciate any responses, even one word answers would help in response to the question: is it ok to cut holes in damp proof membrane for pipes/wires if you seal them up afterwards? Thought I'd add another couple of questions here rather than starting a new topic: Is it...

Thanks for the reply alastair, I'm a complete amateur when it comes to this so will be learning as I go, and probably asking a few silly questions on here in the process! Not exactly sure how the membrane fixes to the wall yet, but have been advised to use meshed membrane on the wall that has...

Have been advised by a local damp expert to damp proof my living room with damp proof membranes. I've taken up enough of his time already by asking basic questions with nothing in it for him, so decided I'd better not abuse his good nature any more and do that instead to the kind members of this...

Hi everyone, just bought my first house this July with my girlfriend, and am just getting started with some DIY improvements on our new home. The vendor only had the place for 6 months and basically did a quick job of patching it up- new windows, new boiler, bit of plasterboard and wallpaper...