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you need to consider drainage for any structure that is below ground level.

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get yourself to M&S for decent cheapish suits. for an interview get a dark plain or with a light pin stripe and a white shirt with a tie that is not to fussy and definitely not of the novelty persuasion.

The phrase 'political correctness' used to be known as 'spastic gay-talk' but apparently you can't call it that anymore...

brilliant, comparing the belief that rising damp exists to believing in god. just brilliant. where's richard dawkins when you need him.

We have sorted it. I'm right.

I thought we'd established that my word on this subject was final. Rising damp exists. (Rare, but so are lots of things) Thread locked

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what makes you think I haven't..... anyway Jeff works for a newspaper. not to be trusted his kind!

well I say otherwise; and let that be an end to it :wink:

there are very few definitives in building. it will affect the moisture levels, but not to a great degree until the moisture within the walls can evaporate at surface. so no, he was not incorrect. I am guessing that since you want me to corroborate someone elses answers you take my opinions...

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vandex bb75e is pretty good in that situation. just brush apply it.

no comments? interesting.

rapid artificial drying was not introduced. as the wall dries out, approx 1 month per inch thickness, the salts migrate to the surface and are brushed off. tests carried out again. tests confirmed that the density of salts has reduced to much lower levels. calcium carbide test confirms that...

Internal party wall visibly damp to around 350mm. No physical DPC. After salt analysis a heavy presence of Nitrates, Chlorides and Sulphates was found. Ergo, salts have been carried up from the underlying substrate. Unless the salt pixies mined them into the wall! I deduce that the salts were...

Make sure that your builder is carefull not to restrict the ventillation to the suspended timber floor. I have seen this happen many times and the resultant sub floor condensation can cause all sorts of problems with fungal decay.

an earth retaining wall?.. you would need a 3:1 sharp washed sand-cement mix incorporating a waterproofer. apply it in line with manufacturers recommendations and bob's your aunties live in lover. only use standard trade matt emulsion to paint.

my god, it's worse than i thought. the express!

Hi, James Blunt's music can be likened to the daily mail. You know it's there, you try your damnedest to ignore it, but it cant help but annoying the hell out of you. He seems like an ok chap, but I cant excuse his music. Softus, a fiver says you read the daily mail son????