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The part on the left is a add on porch. The damp is in the main house. I wonder whether they've tied the brickwork for the add on into the main house and the joined up brickwork has been compromised. Will investigate that. Thanks

They were repointed 6 months ago with lime mortar. Were awful and mortar was grumbling badly

Reading high for damp level I mean

Hi, a few weeks later and this is what I've come across. I took photos of the cavity where the brick is removed. Any advice on where I go from here please? Been reading about thermal bridges but it's pretty confusing. I had the external wall repointed 6 months ago as it was in an awful state...

The house I've bought has a standard internal door and single glazed windows, leading to a single skin porch. There is mold accumulating in what would have been the old covered entrance (before porch was added). Am I right in thinking I could get rid of the internal door, windows and walls below...

Hi All, I am planning on building a garden wall which I will later render. It is 9m in length and 5 blocks (laid flat on their edges) high - so will be approx half a meter high. I plan to lay them flat because I'd like a decent width to the wall and it seems the quickest and easiest way to...

Thanks vinn, I'd just like to remove those outer bricks really to make a flush and slightly less intrusive fireplace. I can plaster and make good so that'd be a saving. I may look into repositioning the lintel but I have have a feeling that building regs red tape would hinder the process enough...

Ah, best not to remove then . Back to the drawing board re the ugly fireplace. Thanks for your help.

Hi all, my fireplace is out of use since installing central heating last year. I've removed the large ugly multi fuel burner and tiled mantle and hearth. I've been deliberating what to do with it now. Finally decided to hopefully remove the lower bricks which stick out (under the TV) then...

I plan to go a little further up with the removal of the paint but I'm on my own, and on a budget and can't get help. So I won't be scraping around on a ladder up there. The paint at the top is stable and not blown

Hi, I have a 50's ex council house, rough rendered. The paint on the back wall was blown badly in a number of places (probably due to weather and the half hearted effort the council put into maintenence and painting of the walls) so I decided the best course of action was to remove the paint...