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Yeah I put one for the outside and one for the inside coz I got told there both separate issues. I don’t really know how this forum works so I thought it might be easier to put them on different threads. Might of been easier to put it all on this one but I’m pretty clueless x

Hi Woody, I’ve just added more photos but chimney wall lower level has damp Under bay window has damp Lower wall directly to the right of the window is damp Kitchen walls are damp and paint looks like it has salt like residue and flaking …

That’s the upstairs above the window and there’s also stains in another room in the upper corner too. I was thinking the flashing or possibly the guttering maybe? I have no idea

Thank cdbe, your advice is massively helpful because the guy who said he’s damp proof specialist says he wants to rip kitchen out, rip tiles off, hack brickwork back to brick etc it all scared the living crap out of me being single woman and not knowing much so all this advice is amazing and I’m...

Thank you John and Harry, this makes sense. I had a lad who said he’s an expert with damp proofing and he said I had to chip away all the render and either re render or repoint the whole gable end. But he never mentioned the chimney this all makes sense thank you both so much for this advice...

Please can someone help me I’m so desperate I bought this house and everything was done from top to bottom inside before I bought it I seen the house once and now 4 months later theres damp and paint flaking off and damp patches Does anyone know what this could be?

Thank you both for your reply and advice I don’t know if it’s render of paint .. from what I can see there’s no cracks or anything .. but I really don’t know what my im looking for because I’m a young single woman and have no idea about these things. Just was told to re render the wall and that...

Damp coming through into house just bought house. Don’t know how to tackle the rendering but it’s a disaster. What’s easier and cheaper chipping it all away and reporting bricks with lime mortar or re render can I repair the render instead and render the bits that’s came off? I really...