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My mum recently bought a old property. Paid £67448886368 for a survey and they didn't even attempt to get into the loft. They missed penetrating damp on gable wall. Missed alsorts ! Better to have a look yourself!

Thanks for making me aware about the stairs I wasn't sure as I've read conflicting things

Thanks for that! Just what I needed :)

Hi. Yes I know what you mean. On the plans the manhole is definitely covered by the conservatory. Hopefully they haven't concreted straight over the top? But im willing to smash the floor up to find it

Correct :( but even that is not possible as the ceilings are fairly low already.

Thanks people I've made it somewhat better already turning the tape temp knob in boiler to maximum and running it for a while. Will try to completely unblock tommorow And as for the manhole cover im going to pull the laminate flooring up in the conservatory on the off chance the man hole cover...

Hello. Property is a 1900 terrace Noticed a horrible smell coming from the kitchen sink. Investigated it and the problem is the drain in which the waste water from the kitchen sink and the washing machine go into is blocked i think? There is stagnant water which doesn't ever empty. Only...

I'll have to forget about it :(

Hello. I am after some advice on how to strengthen our loft floor. Now I must stress our intentions are not to use this as a bedroom but as an extra habitable room. We were going to get a proper loft conversion but it just doesn't seem possible due to head height. This has been confirmed by a...

Thanks for replying. I did wonder why only 1 person has a loft conversion down our road. Makes sense. They have a huge dormer one side.

Hello, After a bit of advice I've been thinking about getting the loft converted. But a few things are concerning me! Currently the ceiling joists don't sit on the wallplate. They are just nailed to the rafters.. they are 2x4 timbers, with a supporting wall mid span. Span being 6.5 meters...

I find leaving the window on the catch overnight / late evening solves it completely

It's condensation. I get exactly the same on my bay window. It's due to the fact that all the exterior walls are solid double skin. Then out bay is single skin stone so always colder..

Keep Windows slightly open and see if it disappears.

Old house doubt it has cavity walls. Bet it's condensation. Old houses need to breathhhhh maannn

He should replace that flashing its awful. If he had any pride...

If it was me I would re-do it with EPDM. easy enough and still a diy job.

Are you sure it's built with a cavity? I've lived and do still live in old properties which have never had a cavity.

Did he bring a horse yeeeeehaaaa

Oh f**k. that felt at the very leastis aweful. . .