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    Reduce the ground level and damp issues

    You are correct Gerrydelasel it is Lancashire
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    Reduce the ground level and damp issues

    The kitchen is drylined unsure of the method of tanking if it has even been tanked the damp/timber surveyor was unable to test as it would have meant a destructive test. The stairs run through the center of the house, to the eye the rear basement room(kitchen) looks fairly dry. But the earth...
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    Reduce the ground level and damp issues

    On the other side of the staircase(rear of the Property) on the lower ground floor is the kitchen and it doesn't have air bricks built into the wall. It does have a vent sucking air out of the kitchen though and a vent that looks to line up with the combi boiler. It has one air brick at the top...
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    Reduce the ground level and damp issues

    Yes I am buying this property. It looks as if the first houses don't have basement floors as you go further along the row the houses start to cut into the land and the houses start to have basement floor. I am thinking the paint needs to be removed also I would like to install a cavity drain...
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    Reduce the ground level and damp issues

    Damp along the front wall and the party wall just behind the door. Damp surveyor has recommended an "effective dpc" and the ground level be lowered to at least 150mm below the inside floor level or a stone filled soak away. Gas mains runs 10cm below the joist level. The joists sit in the...
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