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Thank you! That’s really helpful!

Oh that doesn’t sound good. This is our first time with a conservatory, so no idea what is normal. Can anything be done or do we need someone in?

Here are some additional pictures.

There is a window above. The shadow on the wall is from a light fitting, I can’t see any damp. As soon as it’s light I will post some better pictures. Thank you!

Hello, we have just this week moved into a house with a 15 year old conservatory. It is in excellent condition… or so we thought. Today we have had a lot of heavy rain and tonight we have noticed slow drips coming through the join of the door frame, conservatory side. This is not condensation...

Thanks so much for your reply!

Thanks for the reply. We had a mortgage valuation but it was a desk job I think, no one visited the property, so we are okay from a mortgage point of view. Here is a picture of the outside, is that what you mean? We are not sure if this is worth pulling out over and after sleeping on it, we are...

We don’t have one flush along the wall unfortunately.

Thanks. We don’t want to remove the flues, we very much want the fireplaces!

Hi there, sorry about my terminology, we are FTB so this is all completely new to us. The chimney breasts are in tact and the person who lived there has gas fires installed in the fireplace, so I assume the flues are open. We wanted to take these gas fires out and restore the fireplaces as they...

Hello, I posted on here recently as we are in the middle of purchasing a Victorian property. The surveyor flagged that the rear chimney stack was unsupported. We revisited today with a friend who has experience in this area and the rear stack was bonded and was absolutely fine. We then looked at...

Thanks everyone for your responses. You’ve definitely given me food for thought.

Hi everyone Hoping someone can help. We are in the process of buying a 1900s Victorian property. Our level 2 survey has thrown up an issue in that the rear chimney stack is possibly unsupported. I have spoken to a structural engineer and they quoted £550 to have a look a cut a hole in the...