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Thank you all for the replies, sounds like condensation could be a possible culprit as well then. It is naturally quite a cold house, although that particular side of the house is south facing so it is one of the warmer rooms in the house. We had planned on stripping it all back further at the...

Thanks. There was only 190mm between the top of the gully and the sewer so I was unable to fit a catchment, so I inserted a small straight pipe through from the gully to the sewer, avoiding the void. I'm guessing what I did was not good enough, I will have to take it back up and re-evaluate the...

Thanks, sounds like the drain is the most likely culprit then, I will have to take the part I did last summer back up and re-asses the work I did. Out of curiosity how does the cavity become filled with rubble? How would you go about removing the rubble?

Thank you JohnD for the reply, It is in our lounge. I believe it is a concrete floor as under the underlay is tiles. The nearest radiator is around 3m away, there is nothing else in this corner at all. It is a bit difficult getting better pics at the minute as we have shifted all the furniture...

Hi I am hoping someone is able to offer some advice. We have just started decorating our lounge and came across a severe damp issue in one corner. The corner in question is behind a cupboard that was left by the past owners (4 years ago), so I have no idea how long it has looked this way. I...

Thank you for the replies, unfortunately downstairs floor is concrete, I could run it under the upstairs floor and down the wall but the Mrs doesn't like the idea of upturned the bedroom. I'm liking the idea of putting a proper socket on the wall and running the extension from that, the only...

I did think about it as I will be channelling in some new sockets. My worry was as the existing cable is not very flexible at all, I would have to go pretty deep to cater for the large bend in the cable I would need, unless I use a right angle joint like advised above, but I'm not sure having a...

That's great thank you, I was completely overthinking it

Thank you @Sureitsoff? I did see these but was was bit worried if I cut the cable short and had one side of the connector permanently in the wall condensation may build up around the joint and cause interference, as one side of the connector would be cold being in contact with the wall and cold...

We are starting to redecorate out living room and was wondering what people thoughts are on the best way to neaten up our aerial inlets. We are moving our TV to a different wall so I was going to extend the cables and run them under the carpet but it will still look messy where it comes...

Brilliant, thank you for the information. So it's more of a guideline really, I will see how easy it is to add a socket behind the TV. So just need to pick a TV and bracket now to make sure I position the socket correctly. Thanks

I already have a SDS drill and I have to agree it's a great bit of kit, but I don't currently have any core drills. So I may have to keep an eye out for cheap set of diamond or carbide core drills

Thank you so much for such detailed informationation, it will certainly make our life easier with positioning. I think we will go with wall mounting as it will look neater with the hidden cables. 68mm down pipe with a puley is a good idea, just need to get my hands on a 68mm diamond hole saw...

Brilliant thought that might be the case, we can put an air vent in and hide it behind the TV unit. Glad both replies have said that the height should be lower rather than higher, as that is the way we have been thinking. We were actually just trying to weigh up what gains there will be over...

Thanks for the reply. Plastic piping for the cables is a great idea, imagine it to be tricky to put in but worth it for ease in future. Yeah agree about the height me and the wife were debating on the TV height last night, I think it will be a lot lower than we first thought (we even debated...

Hi Just after a bit of advice please. We are in the process of getting an old fireplace ripped out, we want to board over the opening and put the TV on the chimney breast. My dilemma is what to do with the cables? Thinking power cable, HDMI cables and TV aireal. Rather than chisel a channel in...

Thank you, that actually makes sense, as both roofers could not seem to find any issues. I started to think it could be due to condensation when warm air in the chimney touching the cold loft air but I occasionally get it in the summer so the bricks be porous is a more likly cause. That...

Thanks, I will look and see if I can make it fit

Thank you very much for the advice and letting me know it's not currently correct. I really like the idea of fitting a gully, I will look to see what is available but I'm just not sure I will have enough room to fit one. I have around 190mm from the top of the block paving to the entrance of...

Thank you for the reply, thats exactly my feeling, I would of expected it to be directed directly into the sewer rather than be able to flow around the brick work. Hopefully someone can confirm this and give me some pointers on rectifying the issue