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OK Thanks. There's certainly damp coming up through the floor also and DPM is the next step there, although it's been suggested to me that I should lift the original flagstones first and flog 'em. I was told it would be 'criminal' to concrete over the original flags....

JohnD - unfort. not as straightforward as I'd hoped. Although ducting could be easily extended to the damp area, it would involve two 90 degree turns and a hight drop of 2m and then a height gain of 1m. The house took a glancing blow from a WWII bomb, and there's quite a bit of stone...

Yep, that could be possible. Thanks a lot

Great, thanks John; I'll get onto it. So you don't think that the incline the air would need to travel 'in' from window height to ceiling is an issue? I also forgot to mention the significant fact that that this particular window opens into a light-well which acts as a soakaway (very damp..)...

Interesting.... I hadn't thought of ducts. I could certainly run one from a window in another room in the cellar to one end of the damp area, and then drill a few holes in the wall at the opposing end of the room.... What would be the principal here? If I duct air from window height to the...

Darren - sorry to split this discussion into 2 topics; should have done that in the first place.... The climber is not attached to a frame; it's attached itself directly to the unrendered stonework. On first inspection, the attachment appears to be mostly superficial, but I'll take your...

Thanks John - there are certainly some possibilities for me to drill a few holes and I will follow your advice. The main problem here is that the previous owners built an extension along the full length of 2 walls at a level higher than the top of the cellar; that leaves me with no possibility...

Thanks Nige, although 'Plants are for Gardens' might not cut it as a justified reason to rip the thing down; it does look nice with the autumn colours and covers up quite a few scars, cables on the outside of the house. Anythng more substantive which supports the case that it could be...

I've trawled through loads of posts on this topic which have been valuable, but I have few specifics and would appreciate any advice out there pls. 1. Damp coming into a bedroom through an external wall. The wall is extensively covered on the outside by a climbing plant (Virginia Creeper I...

Thanks, very helpful...

Does anyone have experience with connecting a woodburning stove to a CH system? I have read that circulating hot air around a house is far simpler than circulating hot water, but siting additional stoves is restricted by a limited number of chimneys. I have the possibility to site a stove...