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I would be supprised if the armoured cable feeding the garage is damaged as they are pretty robust I work in Street Lighting where we use loads of SWA, it is not robust and can still be nicked / damaged and give an earth fault, fortunatly in Street Lighting, earth / neutral faults are not a...

indeed it would trip

i guess u r right, it is being surveyed again tomorrow so it will be interesting to c what he comes up with..

no similar proerties sold for nearly 10 years

thanks for the advice, surveyor didnt even check any walls, just looked in corners of rooms....

Surveyor didnt mention a thing about the breastvin bathroom, only prob was the estate agent valued the house at 180k, surveyor valued at 160k....buyer not too pleased

cheers for the replies, as i say there are no spores etc, the wall just looks fine......anyway tomorrow looms

The chimney breast was removed downstairs kitchen approx 30 years ago but not above in bathroom....How serious is this? I know it can be put right and this part has not moved in 30 years. I dont know what extra supports were put under the floor cos it was like that when we bought house. The...

House due to be surveyed on Friday afternoon...I got one of those damp machines to test walls....I get no bleeps or lights anywhere but in the kitchen ajoining wall with the next door neighbours. The wallpaper shows no signs of any staining or damp but my wife has said for a long time she...

thanks gentlemen

Just thought I'd ask what might be an obvious answer. The CU in my house is not mounted horizontal, but vertical because the cupboard it is in is too smalll for it to go horizontal. Should this be a problem?

thanks for the advice

Thanks for the info bout electrical dpc. I got one of those blackspur dpc machine thingys and tried itout on the walls. Got a slight beep and one light (5 in total) on a kitchen wall, but nothing else where. Is there a tollerance regarding these machines or does a surveyor say if it beeps...

If u are supplied by TT (overhead network) then its probably easier for you to install and earth stake and get the CU changed over. The electrician who said he would have to leave u without an earth sounds a John Wayne (cowboy), NO ONE should do anything that would leave your house etc...

We live in Victorian House, thinking of selling soon sooo..... Being in for 18 years....22" stone walls at front.....bricks at back....No damp proof course in house. When we bought it we were informed no dP was required. Now there in no damp in the house at all, internal or external....how...

We have been in our victorian house for nearly 18 years now. When we bought it the chimney breast downstairs in the kitchen had been removed some 9 years previous but the breast remained upstairs in the room above. It was picked up on the survey and we were advised to get it checked out...