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Thanks for the replies, its something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bulkhead-Fitting-Motion-Detector-Sensor/dp/B01M1EO10Z The motion sensor isn't built in as such so guessing the wiring is easily accessible inside. I'm looking to wire one (or maybe two) of these off it...

Thanks, is it just 1 twin and earth 1.5mm cable needed between the two?

Hello, probably a dull question, but I already have a motion sensor outside light installed and just wondering how easy it is to wire another one off the same light further along the wall (so that they both come on when the motion sensor in the existing light is activated)? Is it just one cable...

Hi, I have painted a bitumen based liquid DPM (not the 2 part epoxy types that most other posts are about) on my damp concrete floor (1950s bungalow with no DPM and on a hill with possibly high water table). Still have moisture coming through (I think), and after further reading, 50mm of...

Hi Ree, sorry, wasn't being ignorant, I didnt get a notification of a reply to your last post for some reason! The "barrier" was integral to the underlay. You can see the new 'Gold' underlay I've bought on the left in the last picture which also has an integral moisture barrier. It was under...

P.s. The walls are made up of the solid engineering bricks which I think are more resiliant to rising damp (or did I make that up?!), and the concrete was good condition before painting - just a couple of very thin cracks which I cemented over first. Ground is lower outside but very moist (on a...

Hi both, thanks for the replies. The first 2 pictures are of the tiles before I took them up. The water marks are the damp coming up in between the tiles. The last picture is the floor with the liquid dpm painted on. So you think it was probably just condensation gathering under the underlay...

Hi, After lifting the newly laid laminate in one of the bedrooms of my 1950s bungalow, noticed very damp/wet tiles underneath (which were bone dry a year ago when renovating) - see photos 1 & 2. I have painted layers of Wickes liquid DPM over the left over bitumen adhesive that was under the...

Ah I see, thanks Woody, you've put my mind to rest now! Yes, will definitely bolt the joists as they are currently attached by 2 nails. Thanks for the tip on the toothed washer too :-)

Great, thanks. Do you think the joists are ok as well as I thought they were meant to be resting on the wall plate?

I paid 700 for the more detailed 'home buyer report' and no mention of damp... not to mention the woodworm infestation in my loft!! In fairness though, there was no sign of damp on the floor tiles when I was renovating and it was the wettest February on record! I think because there was no...

Hi, my garage roof was bowed and in a sorry state so had the tiles taken off, new structure and tiles put back on. The people I had in discovered that the wall plate wasn't actually screwed/fixed onto the wall on one side (looks like the wall was rebuilt fairly recently but they they forgot to...

Should also add, there is a fair bit of water coming through the wall from under next doors drive every time it rains - see photo (this is just behind the bush in the last photo, at the corner of the house - you can just see the corner of the path at the bottom in this photo). I am channeling...

Hi Frank, thanks very much for your reply. I've had another look at the bricks and just underneath where the pebbledash finishes and the bare brick starts, I can see a black slither all the way along which I'm assuming is the damp course so this is above path level and is around the same level...

Hello, I'm after some advice on a damp problem in my house and hope someone here could help? I'll try to be as descriptive but brief as possible!... I bought a 1950's bungalow last year which is on a hill and one of the bedrooms at the back (up hill) has had a damp smell since we moved in...