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Are we talking about the joists here that hold up the ceiling, or the slanted pieces of wood that hold the roof up?

You can see daylight through some small gaps here and there - so there is ventilation... :?

Domestic extensions like this can be permitted development, i.e. don't need planning permission, but it depends on a range of factors such as the dimensions. There is a good chance this didn't need p.p. in the first instance. However, even if planning permission were needed in this case, this...

Thanks Leadman. I'm thinking the problem in the spare room (on wall and ceiling) was condensation. The radiator in there is now working and I have a dehumidifier in there. So once I've completly dried it out, I will have to repaint the wall and wait to see what happens when it rains heavily...

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Pics of what? The actual dampness? I don't but let me describe, to the rear of the house there is a room with a large "shadow" on the ceiling - when you touch this slightly darker area of plaster it is wet. Then, on the wall to that room there is a wet patch near to the ceiling and some...

Right, I have a wet patch on the ceiling in one of the rooms, as well as a patch on the outside wall in that room, with some water dribbled down. Quite a big wet patch on the ceiling that looks like a shadow, but the plaster hasn't sagged or anything (yet). There is a thin layer of loft...