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Hi-my elderly mother is having an exterior wall re-rendered on her bungalow. The reasons are cracks in original sand and cement mortar but also internal damp/condensation. The wall is old, brick, with no cavity. The property was extended some 25 years ago and they retained some of the really old...

Thanks, think I will try the channel first. Any thoughts on using lead flashing along the wall as a barrier, so flashing would essentially cover say the first row of bricks?

Hi-our house has a concrete drive, one of those patterncrete drives, which is great. Kitchen has started to suffer with damp on the 2 walls that run along the drive. I've checked and along most of its length on this bit of the house it meets or is just below the DPC. It does have a plastic...

Hi-looking to fix our flat concrete roof. It doesn't leak into the house (it's 6inch thick) but the gulleys are starting to seep through and leak. Have tried all the traditional sealants and bitumen, which only seems to last 2 years max. Looking for a more permanent DIY fix. Have considered a...

Hi-we're having a large conservatory built which exceeds the permitted development limits so we need full planning. Just filling out the form and it asks for some maps of the site (Ordnance survey), which I can get no problem. However, they've also asked for elevation plans for each elevation...

Thanks Terry, Was built in 1930 and has sand/cement render and yes I believe the DPC is bitumen type as in places you can see what looks like melted black plastic protruding from the mortar. I have now accessed the cavity higher up and the inside face of the outside wall is very damp...

Sounds exactly like we have. What happens in our house is condensation builds up on Kitchen window, esp during night when heating is lower, water builds up on sill and drips off. By the morning feels damp but quite often we don't notice the water on the sill as it followed the lines of the grout...

Trying so sort out a damp problem in our kitchen. We had the house wall-lagged a few years ago (don't by the way!) and since then suffered terrible condensation. Anyway, back wall of kitchen also appears to be drawing in damp so decided to take a couple of bricks out to see if insulation...

We want to extend our house (bungalow) to provide a new kitchen. The ideal location for many reasons has one issue. The ground rises and to keep within the regulations for DPC (150mm above ground level) I'm not sure what options are available, for example different floor level with steps between...

Hi Foxhole-do you mean the cream's a waste of time?

Hi-have bought a DIY kit to inject cream into my exterior walls to prevent rising damp. Done one full length, now started on the next but when I'm drilling the stuff coming out is actually wet, this was a particularly bad wall for damp but I'm surprised just how damp it actually is-not helped by...