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There's an air vent on the inside of the stack in the room. The stack backs onto a passage so I've just put in an air brick on the passage side. I plan to close the vent in the room.

Not really. Those pictures are from my passage. On the inside is the chimney stack. I'll take it off with a wire brush and see if it recurs.

Cheers. The back of the chimney stack is actually the passage down the side of the house. Would it be OK to block up the vent in the room and create a vent on the other side in the passage? Matt

Hi all. I have a chimney stack in the middle reception room of my Victorian terrace. The chimney stack currently has a vent which is about 230mm x 180mm. The room has a suspended timber floor. The room directly above has the same vent in the chimney stack. It is OK to brick up the vent in the...

Two differing opinions! Best to get it checked out anyway?

Hello. I have effloresence above the DPC on a passage way wall. This wall is not exposed to the elements, therefore no moisture comes into contact with the wall face. Does the DPC need redoing? Is the moisture coming from below or above? Cheers Matt

Sounds like a plan. Might get someone in to survey it. Have been down there and in one corner the clay is pretty damp. This corner is at the external walls of the underfloor only. Is this from rain water getting down there or the water table?

Cheers for the replies guys. I would like to excavate maybe a foot or two, but the foundations do worry me. It's a Victorian terraced house and the front of the house is a couple of foot higher than the back. As a guess, how far down do you reckon the foundations go?

Hi all. This is my first post, but I've been on here quite a while benefitting from all the expertise on offer! I am currently in the process of taking up my floorboards to lay new ones. The room is a ground floor one, and the boards are on joists. It is 5.5ft to the ground below and there is...