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Thanks for your quick reply guys. The house has been victim to a lot of DIY kind of jobs by the previous owner. The foundations of the house are very shallow 1 brick below the damp course level in some places (as shown in the pic). The walls themselves are solid brickwork and don't have a...

Hi All, I recently bought a new house (built around 1895) and unfortunetly the front room has quite a few damp problems. To cut a long story short the front wall of the house was being effected by rising/penitrating damp. This seems to have been happening as the slate damp course had been...

Hi sorry if this has been covered before. I have just finished laying new joists (in-between the old ones) in my loft. The old ones were only 2"x3" and in pretty bad condition. The new joists are 2000mm x 47mm treated c16 timber spaced 400mm apart and span 6.5 metres (front to back) with a...

Hi apologies if this has been covered in the forums before. I recently bought and moved in to a terrace that was built in 1895. I am about to try and strengthen the joists in my loft as they are pretty bendy when walked on (think crawling around on your hands and knees praying you don't go...