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    strip to throw off rainwater

    Not exactly roofing, but I can't see anywhere better to post... There’s a 110mm soil pipe running almost horizontally just above a window. On the window sill beneath there’s a window box. When it rains, water falls from the bottom of the soil pipe onto the soil in the window box and splashes and...
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    Modifying kitchen unit to wedge shape (plan view)

    The exact width isn't critical for these purposes, the width of the twin cupboards and drawers is actually 1m but adding the worktop overhang at the side would give 1.35m. I might try to put a pic up later.
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    Treating damp behind kitchen unit in semi-basement

    There certainly is plenty of condensation in the kitchen. But as I said, there isn't any evident mould on the tiles (nor for that matter on the grout), just where there is untiled plaster behind the kitchen unit, so I'm inclined to think there is damp coming through from under the pavement...
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    Modifying kitchen unit to wedge shape (plan view)

    I have a 4 foot wide kitchen unit, with cupboards and drawers, which I need to remove in order to damp treat the wall behind it. The kitchen walls are not parallel and floorspace here is limited. (The kitchen is L shaped.) I have it in mind to modify the unit before reinstatement so its front...
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    Treating damp behind kitchen unit in semi-basement

    I have a kitchen unit with cupboards and drawers which is fixed to an external wall, and the kitchen is in a semi-basement, so the top of the unit is just below the pavement outside. (It’s at the end of a terrace.) Not very surprisingly there is damp behind the unit, which is causing mould in...
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