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Hi I am building an extension to an old house in the country. i want to put in a flat roof but I am concerned about protection from vermin. In particular rats boring through a timber and felt roof to get into the property. The house will not be occupied most of the time. Does anyone...

Hi all I have just started posting here. I am living in a very old rendered stone house with no damp-course. I intend to gut each room, dry-line, and put in a concrete floor. Having spoken to a few people I have come up with a preliminary design for doing this which is below...

Hi Andy, Not a silly question at all. I regularly clean the gutterings and it does make a difference but I still get a lot of dampness.

Hi John Thanks for that info. I do not think it is condensation that is the major problem, here, as I have dehumidifiers going 24/7 in both rooms. This is an old house with rendered stone walls. As I said above I intend, later on, to gut the rooms and dry-line but I am unable to do so at...

Hi I live in an old house in the country subject to very damp weather. The walls are solid and, in some areas, suffer from dampness. At some stage in the future I will dry-line the walls to solve this problem but, at the moment I have to paint them. The walls are plastered and, a short...

Hi I live in an old house in the countryside; subject to very wet, windy weather. The walls are solid and rendered. some of the external paintwork is peeling off due to previously using cheap paint. I need to stabilize these walls prior to re-painting with 'Dulux Weathershield Masonry...