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The previous owner of our house had a wood burner and used to burn all sorts of rubbish, meaning there is a bad tar/smoke smell to the chimney breast. We had the chimney swept and replaced the woodburner with a gas fire, skimmed and painted the room. Initially the smell disappeared however it...

We live in a typical 1930s house with suspended timber floors. Underneath the floor we have discovered several inches of water that comes and (slowly) goes after heavy rain. The void is approx 1m at its deepest and ventilation is poor due to a rear extension. Done some checking of...

We've recently discovered approx 2 inches of water under our suspended wooden floor, following the very heavy rain a few weeks ago. (Lived there only 15 months, 1930s detached). We vax'd out most of it and it has all since disappated into the ground. We've had a broken rainwater gully fixed...