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my partner is trying, and struggling, to drill into brick so we can inject a damp-proof course. The house is 100 years' old. I think the drill, borrowed from her father, is powerful enough but the bits (£5 jobs, presumably tungsten carbide, from local DIY stores) are being blunted every few...

we have bought a house which has quarry tiles in the hallway. they appear to have been laid straight on the earth/ lime and on wet days there is damp rising around the edge of each tile. A few "professionals" have said that the floor must be dug up and visqueen laid, are there any alternatives...