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    floor to wall, gap or no gap

    I am replacing some timber floor boards in a ground floor flat which which have started to rot where they have been in contact with a wall which suffers from rising damp. historically I have always been taught that there should be a gap between floorboards and wall to allow for expansions. At...
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    replacing joists and sole plate

    I have just bought a ground floor flat and have found a problem with two supporting walls in the bathroom. GF Flat with one flat above. FF flat has same foot print and supporting walls rise to eaves level. The joist have rotten along with the sole plate which supported the the joists and...
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    hot water

    I have a similar problem, I have a combi boiler in a flat. When I open the hot tap all the way, the water gets warm and then cools continually with the temp gauge on the boiler fluctuating between 27 and 33 C. The boiler cuts out during the cooling process. This cycle will repeat...
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    rain water into cavity casuing damp

    Hi, I have a problem with a roof where the gutter has been laid horizontally on lead only covering the outer skin of the cavity wall. Consequently some rain is driven under the gutter and into the cavity. where the gutter is horizontal, there is no adequate run off to the downpipe and pools...
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