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Thanks for your reply. Whilst the ground level immediately around the house is on a slight incline front-rear there is a steep driveway in front of the house after a small level piece of ground. I would expect that this would be applying pressure against the front and side of the house so I...

I am going on what I've been reading, wikipedia was simply the first link that came up earlier. It's this kind of article (http://www.1stassociated.co.uk/french-drains.asp) which has led me to believe that it is the solution I need. There's many other examples out there. Are you saying that a...

I think you may have the wrong idea about a french drain mate, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_drain It does deal with surface water but also ground water too and one of it's primary uses is to prevent water reaching building foundations

Ok, so basically dig down and have a look, i thought it might be as simple as that but thought best to ask! What sort of depth would be considered shallow/moderate/deep for a foundation?

I think i may be mixing terminology here, it's a solid stone wall (I thought that single-skinned meant the same thing) and it is indeed very thick. It had a failing concrete render on it when we bought the house which we've had replaced with lime. The wall was utterly saturated when the old...

I don't agree, a DPC is no good for a single skinned stone wall and, as i understand it, the primary purpose of the french drain is to create a way for water seeping into the wall below ground level to drain away before it reaches the wall so it would appear to be the ideal solution for the...

I'm on mobile at the moment and can't see how to get pics up, will get on my laptop later. I don't think it's surface water only because the walls remain wet at the base even when there's been no rain. We've not had a long enough dry spell to see if they dry out completely yet. We've got no...

Ok, well the side for the hot water (please excuse my lack of knowledge of correct terminology!) seemed clear, the other side however had black deposits around the ends of the connectors and inside (as as I could see). The acid did away with all the black, I also chucked some white vinegar...

Oh. Well it worked so that's good but should I be concerned?

I just want to say thank you for this post. It enabled me to remove and clean the heat exchanger on my vaillent which stopped the hot water hitting 85c and the boiler shutting down. It now runs at a steady 75c and no more hot/cool shower! I ended up cleaning the exchanger with sulphuric acid...

Hi all, I've got loads of useful info from this forum but this is my first post. I'm looking for some advice regarding drainage around my house. It's a 1911 build, single-skinned semi detached and we've had damp issues since we bought it back in November 2014. Initially we were told that a...