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Ok thanks, should I just dig at the base of the soil pipe, inside the boxing in? There is a concrete path and man hole behind the pipe, but the manhole has seized and won't come up. I will try and clear as much out from the base of the pipe as I can tonight. The house was built in 1965

There is a few pipes in the floor but I am guessing they are gas pipes as I think there may have been an old back boiler in this corner many years ago. There is a soil pipe that runs next to the problem area though. The plumber is connecting the new sink waste into it. I guess I would need to...

Brilliant, thank you

Sorry which bricks need removing? The ones left in the floor from the wall removal? The builder was going to remove these and fill with screed. The screed has been down about a month now, we were told to we had to wait 70 days until we layed a floor so laying the floor is a while off yet. We...

Thank you for the reply, Would I have to do this over the whole floor or just in the section that is damp? Are they products I can apply myself or would I need to get someone in to lay it? Would I need to do anything with the walls or do you think just sealing the floor will be enough?

Hi We are going through some building work and upon taking the Lino up in our kitchen we found the floor to be very wet along the outside wall. When we had the adjacent kitchen wall removed we found the cavity to be filled with what looks like concrete, as high as a couple of courses above the...

Thank both, That's good to know, it just sounded a lot after talking with a work colleagues whos in a new build, they are using only half what we currently are. Good shout on the material in the waves to stop the insulation filling it, I have spare silver backed bubble wrap which could do the...

Thanks for replying. Yes they are, although a little cooler at the bottoms of rads but still too hot to leave your hand on for any length of time, which is why I was unsure on the boiler temp making a difference, but it sounds like it does due to flow and it definitely got hotter when the boiler...

Thanks @oldbutnotdead Not sure on the loft insulation thickness the stilts I used when boarding it were only 175mm so it has to be under 300mm, I did make sure none of it was compressed though. Will have to think about how to increase the loft floor height to get more insulation in. I...

Thank you both for replying. Sounds like he was right in lowering the temp but it may just need tweaking to get the best efficiency. I will read the manual and find out how to adjust it. Kind of glad you mentioned that as we did think the same about there being to much heat loss. You do notice...

Hi I am after a bit of advice on boiler temperature settings please. We had our boiler serviced yesterday and the first thing the guy said when looking at the boiler was the boiler temp was on max and shouldn't be. We have never touched the boiler itself only the thermostat. So he thinks it was...

Good point, Never thought about it being a solid wall, but would explain why the tiles are set further back than the rest of the brickwork. Filling it with insulation would be great, as it can get cold in this room throughout winter. I did try prising a few off a while ago but stopped as they...

We are wanting to put a new corner sofa in this corner once decorating is complete. If it is just condensation will it come back once the sofa is placed there and potentially turn it moldy?

Oh I see thank you. Oh I thought if it was only rain water it was OK to discharge straight into the drain (where I put sewer on my sketch it should read drain). The problem I have is there is only 190mm from the top of the block paving to the entrance of the drain (which is directly below the...

Interesting thanks. The DPC is 2 bricks above outside ground level all around the house, even around the original concreted areas. Looking at neighbours houses, they are the same, 2 bricks up. Front Rear I haven't detected the DPC inside though, I always presumed it was always one brick...

Massive apologies all, I got a bit side tracked with work the last few days. Thank you all for the advice. Me and the wife are both around this weekend so we will strip all the skirting and paper to get a better idea of what the whole room is like. I have a telescopic camera I can borrow, so...

Thanks. Yeah I won't be getting it done, I have read to many bad stories about the process. It just seemed strange how he wanted to do this to the whole house after only finding damp in 3 localised areas.

Also the damp inspection came out yesterday, he found damp in 3 areas of the house, 1. In the skirting in this corner (weirdly his damp meter didn't detect and damp on the actual wall, although we have had a dehumidifier on in the room). 2. By our back door in the kitchen. 3. On a small area of...

So I removed some of the skirting along this wall today, it was rotten in areas. It appears to be a concrete floor with the tiles glued to it, so I'm confused by the air bricks outside now. I'm a bit concerned with the fact the plaster goes all the way down to the concrete floor, I was always...

Thanks you all for your advice, I was planning on taking the skirting off and replacing with 4" skirting anyway. Hopefully with as little damage as possible. We have the short skirting through out the house so as we decorate each room we have been replacing the skirting and architrave. I...