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    Help with Damp

    Nope, its not damp to the touch. A damp meter does read more moisture in the area though and we suffer quite a lot with condensation on the window in this room in a morning but I'm not sure if that necessarily means the room has a higher moisture content because of this or simply because its the...
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    Help with Damp

    I've not seen one end terrace in my area where the roof overhangs. The perlins finish on the inner course of the gable wall. All the Victorian semi's do but they were obviously for the posher people :) What photo's would be most helpful? Roofline where it meets the gable end? Thanks
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    Help with Damp

    Hi, we moved into a typical 1900 brick end terrace approx 2 years ago and once we painted over the eggshell type emulsion paint with Matt we gained a nice big damp patch Not sure why the forum turned the picture sideways but basically this is the upper corner of the front of the house...
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    Chimney breast removal query

    Hi, in my house (1900 brick terrace with attic room) the previous owner had removed the chimney breast from the rear of the property. It has been removed from the ground floor, 1st floor, half the loft space and above the roof. In the loft about half height has been kept because it looks like...
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    Dealing with old concrete floor

    Hi all, I've recently started some work on our kitchen and we need to replace the floor covering as part of this. The house was built 1905 and is a brick end terraced. The front of the house has a cellar with timber suspended floor to the lounge above. The kitchen however has a concrete floor...
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