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    Damp in recently decorated wall (chimneybreast?)

    Please find attached a photo of my daughter's bedroom. This is an outside wall with a disused chimney on the other side. The wall had shown signs of damp for some time. A few months ago we had the wall re-skimmed and then painted it. The damp issue re-appeared though and we asked a roofer to...
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    Boxed staircase

    We purchased our 1959-built-house two years ago and just starting to think about ways in which to update the staircase. Would any users have any advice on establishing whether there are likely to be spindles boxed in behind this woodwork (based on houses of the same period)? I have tapped the...
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    Tiles are starting to bulge outwards...

    My bathroom tiles are starting to bulge in one place. It seems to be in one place only. You can see it the whole way down from the ceiling, almost like a line where the tiles on either side of the grout are being forced outwards by something behind. The tiles do not feel loose when you touch...
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