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Thanks for the advice about the gas/water. The gas pipe the previous owners nailed through wasn't abandoned - it was live. I've been living in a time bomb! Re the floor, there's no rendering outside and the damp in the gaps between walls and floor is against internal and external walls alike...

Thanks, vinn. There is so much advice here and elsewhere that I just get confused! My main concern is identifying the types of problems I might encounter down the road depending on what course I take now. I'll upload some photos when I get a chance but for now I can say that ground level...

I live in a 1906 terraced house undergoing a full kitchen rip out, down to the brick. The kitchen floor is quarry tiles over earth with no sign of any damp proof membrane/insulation. There is a ¾” gap, about 1” or so deep, between the walls and the floor tiles and the ground in that gap is very...