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Many thanks for the replies. I've been round today to have a look for myself. They have the trickle vents open on the window but I doubt they do much. I reckon they definitely need more ventilation, open windows, but they are right on the pavement so I guess there is a security issue there...

I dont think there are any pipes in that area but I will check. The walls are dry-lined so surely a leak would show as a damp patch first :?

My daughter has 2 year old terraced house. The party wall with her neighbour has mildew from the floor to about 1 foot in height. It returns everytime they clean it off. It is only on this one wall. Any ideas please?

Thanks for the reply. I never expected bitumen paint. The down pipe is only about 20 years old at a guess. That explaines why the previous 2 colours were flaking off in big lumps!

Ive just painted a cast iron down pipe using Wickes universal primer followed by Farrow &Ball eggshel. 2 days later thers are lots of little vertical cracks in the paint. Any ideas please?

I want to fit showers on the 1st and 2nd floor of a small terrace house. The boiler is a combi. Any advice please as to the best solution? I have been told that a combi boiler will only really supply one shower at a time. Thanks.

Many thanks for the answers. I followed the advice and got an engineer in on site. The cracking is from ground movement from a couple of huge trees front and back.

This a large 4 bed house built in the 1950s basically oblong floor plan with a hipped roof. There is a 1/2inch vertical crack from the wall plate to first floor level in one wall. upstairs some of the internal block walls are cracked right through from the top to about 5 feet from floor. All the...

Thanks for the reply Spannerzone. Basically I've done much the same research as you and come up with the same conclusions. The problem wall is solid and inside the house so the obvious cavity causes can be ruled out. I fear the problem has been made worse by a concrete floor with membrane thats...

Ive been looking at a Victorian brick built house for sale that has terrible rising damp in the internal walls. It is classic 4 feet high, and the rest of the house seems well aired. The walls have presumably had injection dpc in the past as they have modern cement render and plaster. The floors...

Great. Many thanks for that Monkeh. :)

you used to be able to a chemical hardener to slosh on rotten wood. Is it still available?

I fitted replacement wooden windows to my house a few years ago. now I'm told I need a fensa certificate for them. Does anyone have any ideas how I can go about getting one/ getting them checked or something please. Thanks.

Thanks. there is mains gas. Weve had oil for years and I wasnt sure if gas was any cheaper after all the news reports about price hikes.

Oh. I thought someone would have been able to give an impartial idea :(

I want to get a completely new c/h system fitted in a large 4 bed victorian house. What is the most efficient and cheapest to run please? The house has nothing at the moment so is a complete blank canvas Thanks.

It will only fit one way as its direct from the sink plughole.

Ive got a dishwasher and washing machine both going into the kitchen sink waste above the trap. Problem is they are oposite each other in a V shape. One floods the other. Any ideas please?Thanks

Its the pointing thats wrong. Its new though so hacking out isnt an option. :(

Thanks for that info Mr Helpful. The pointing was done with white cement and this orange sand so I dont know if these dyes would actually make it any lighter. I'll give the kahki one a go unless anyone else has any better ideas? Cheers