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The concrete is below the air brick (to the left of the image but not actually shown in the photo) but not by much. The bricks below the render are painted with some kind of bitumen or barrier paint so its difficult to see if there difference in the mortar between any of the bricks. Presumably...

I live in a victorian terrace. There is a historic utility room extension which is suffering from damp problems. Beyond the utility room there is a former outdoor toilet which is now just used for garden storage. The whole garden is (badly) concreted over, right up to the walls of the house. I...

Thanks! I think this is some kind of stud wall - the main bedroom takes up the whole front of the house and this wall is part of the corridor, separating the living and hallway below, so it must be about about one metre or so 'into' the bedroom. Which I hope is why the whole thing sounds quite...

I feel like this should be a straightforward question, but I can't seem to find a straightforward answer (maybe I'm overthinking this!). I'm in a Victorian terrace, and have had an issue with a small leak on one side of the chimney stack in the back bedroom. Over the past week or so I have also...

I'm going to give the hallway of my Victorian terrace a bit of a refresh - mainly just a fresh coat of paint. There are lots of imperfections in the wall and its obvious that there have been attempts at repairs in the past which now aren't necessarily in the best condition. This is my first...

I live in a Victorian terrace. The ceiling in the front bedroom looks like it has either been replaced or plasterboarded over - I don't know which - in the relatively recent past; its in reasonably good condition and there is a new light fitting. But, it seems like it may have been something of...