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  1. Phil Mortlock

    Damp issue - where to start?

    We moved into our 1907 house last year and noticed the corner of the kitchen wall is damp as the paint is turning into powder and coming off. It looks to be this specific patch and no where else. This is an external wall on the side of the house and there are no pipes or anything around here so...
  2. Phil Mortlock

    Fencing above existing walls

    Hi all, Finally getting round to starting work on the garden in the house we bought last year and we want to erect some sort of fence for more privacy, however the majority of the garden has a 1.2m wall around - the back wall is brick (roughly 6m) and the side wall is stone (just under 12m) I...
  3. Phil Mortlock

    Skimming stair walls

    Our stairs walls and ceiling were artexed when we moved in and the ceiling was also false (half height) so we took the ceiling down to open it up. We were originally going to have the artex skimmed over but because we’ve opened it up - the top half isn’t artexed so the walls are completely...
  4. Phil Mortlock

    Knock down first floor landing wall

    Hi all, Not had much experience in knocking down walls/structual work however will preface my post by saying I will not undertake any work before having it properly reviewed by a structural engineer - just can't get him out anytime soon so looking for initial thoughts. Saying that I'm quite...
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