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There are subfloor vents but the property had cavity wall insulation done using the woolly stuff, and some appear blocked. I've pulled out what i can from the subfloor and there is some air flowing but not a great deal. I'm going to use a hygrometer to double check the humidity down there.

I've added some pics of chimney breasts.

Here are some pics of the damp areas on chimney and alcoves of chimney breast.

I have a driveway where the previous owner has built up right to the house raising the external ground level almost up to the DPC - the DPC is on top of the first course of bricks from the ground in the pics. How would you reduce the ground level on this driveway. Would you remove the line of...

I have this extension to an existing wall which has been been really poorly pointed at the join and I have no idea how the two walls have been tied in. I'm getting a lot of damp on the existing section of wall that joins this new extension. You can see from the pics the pointing between the two...

Chimney has a vented cap, has been swept and is fully open from the bottom so its breathing plenty.

I have a subfloor void in a room which has a unused fireplace of a 1930s semi in the north west of england. There is lots of white deposit on the subfloor void and when I dig the floor the ground is like clay. Is this deposit mould or salts? I cant see any on the underside of the floorboards its...

This is what I can see when I look up the chimney stack immediately above the opening. Two metal strips with bricks lying on top though I suspect there maybe a bricked arch higher up outlined by the arched plaster showing from the outside. I think the metal strips have been added later to create...

if i was to brick it up it would still need a vent to allow the chimney to breath otherwise it will cause condensation and damp. A question for all, where would you place the vent, at the top of the room or at the bottom around the original fireplace? It will obviously have vented chimney pot...

I just replaced the diaphragm washer in the valve which appears to have fixed the fog horn sound

Can anyone tell if this is the original fireplace or has it been bricked in to make smaller for what was previously an electric heater there. Is it safe to remove those infilled bricks to opening sides and the back. I've looked above from inside of the opening and there appears to be a metal...

Just bought the property and its got a combi boiler so i'm assuming it mains pressure now.

Hi, What is the red part on this float valve, is it suppose to let water out when refilling? The valve makes a foghorn sound when I flush and is very slow to fill.

I have the following chimney breast and fireplace. I want to remove all these 70's dated grey brick design around the fire place, get rid of that electric heater and board up the fireplace. This chimney breast is on the party wall side of a 1930's semi. How would you go about this. Do I...

I have a wall on which the paint is all crazing and cracking - see attached pics. The plaster underneath looks like the original lime plaster and appears to be in reasonably good condition aside from some areas where its lost its key. What I've been told is someone previously mixed a whole...

Both doors are hardwoods

both the internal door that is affected and the external door are hardwood. The external door it is painted with sikken cetol filter 7 plus and the internal door is appears to be stained. Neither door has had the top or bottom edges painted.

Hi, I have a bay window which appears to leak in heavy rain from the top frame - see pics which show droplets of water which have trickled down between the frame joint ( this joint is roughly where the mortar line is on the outside) and overnight it ends up leaving a huge pool of water on the...

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Hi have an internal and externak timber doors that keeps swelling especially during the rainy seasons and make it difficult to open or close. I planed the edge where it was sticking and it was fine for a while but appears to have swelled again due to all rainy weather. Whats the best way to...