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We are still struggling with damp patches on the chimney breast wall downstairs and upstairs in a bedroom above the wall downstairs. They are always in the same place. We have had a chimney sweep to clean and check the chimney and all seems ok but the damp continued. Then we had a ventilating...

Hello, We have recently had our old pine boards downstairs sanded and varnished and they're lovely now. We know that upstairs we have some more old pine boards hiding under the carpets but this time we want to avoid the sanding as the dust before was horrendous and we think the upstairs boards...

Hello, I hope someone can help. On the 3rd January we had new granite tops fitted and a butler sink with new taps. The sink was something I had always wanted and our kitchen was in bad need of repair so this was supposed to be a happy time! However, the work tops went on and the sink went in...

Hello, We have endured nearly 18 months worth of noise, dust, and inconvenience from a conversion next door. Because the back wall of their house is our boundary wall you can imagine how close the building work was to us . We endured scaffolding on our house and in our garden for 3 months in the...

Hello, Hope you can help! The property next to us was a B2 industrial workshop and very very old. The back of it is our boundary wall some of which extends onto our front drive. For a whole year now this has had works going on to change it to residential use and one of the last things they did...

Hi, Renovation of old property still going on next to me. The back wall of the property is our boundary wall and the side of our house is only 160cm away. Recently I discovered 2 holes had been made in the boundary wall ( their back wall). I asked what they were for as there was no consultation...

Hello, i am desperate for some advice on what may be a dangerous situation. The workshop next to my house is being converted into a house. Their back wall is like our boundary wall so their frontage is facing east and our frontage is facing south. I came home today to see that they have started...

Hello, My bathroom sink has and arched or curved top to it so because of that I have never put tiles above it like most sinks. However the paint always starts to peel where it gets washed down and water splashed on it etc. I really would like to just put a few tiles along the top. Can anyone...

Hello, After the heavy rain I was shocked to see spots across a corner of the lounge ceiling and damp down the adjacent wall. We have always had a couple of mysterious damp spots half way up the wall but now it's really bad. Because our house is old the guttering is a bit dodgy and overspills...

Hi, My house is old 1860s and in the 1930s or maybe later it was rendered and painted white with the big size bricks drawn in - if you know what I mean! Well over the years hairline cracks have appeared all over it and it looks really tatty. I have to repaint the front in white soon to smarten...

Hello, I am about to give the front of the house a new coat of white paint as it is looking a bit grey and nasty. However, the house is old (1860) and it has been rendered in the past and this render over the years has developed a few cracks. They are a little unsightly so I wonder if there is...

Hi, I have noticed some yellowy spots at the top of a spare bedroom wall. They have spread to about 2 feet wide but don't seem to be spreading anymore. I am assuming they are mould or damp (gulp!) but really don't know. I also tried to cover up some with paint but no success. Can anyone tell me...

Hallo, My shower head has suddenly developed an annoying drip. Is it a case of just buying a new shower head to replace the old one (which even I could do!) or is the problem originating from the unit fixed into the wall ?!! :roll:

Hallo, I have a problem with my daughter's bedroom wallpaper. It is slightly textured - just a little bit raised as the walls are quite bad underneath. I painted it many years ago , using it as a lining paper but it has been a nightmare ever since. The little bobbles tend to attract the dirt...

Hallo, I have a very draughty vent axia ventilator in my kitchen. It was fitted about 22 years ago and is big ugly and noisy. The worst thing though is the way it lets in draughts and the house is freezing! It has some controls below that are very inefficient and it doesn't close off properly...