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1:60 1:40 Could someone please tell me what this actually means ? What is the 1 and what is the 40 or 60 ?

Older buildings are meant to breath they take in water and let it out when it's dry. If you start painting the walls with black Jack it stops them from doing this. Condensation that would be sucked into the walls condensces on them instead and has a go at the joists. This is what has happened...

What sort of people are these ? "The wooden frames would have soaked it up!" My moron detector has started to hum. I think maybe these windows have been fitted without a cavity tray.

The latest thinking is you dont insulate between the joists. You insulate at right angles to them . So 600mm is ideal and you dont have to cut it.

Creosote like TCP you gargle with for a sore throat has a Nuclear Half life of 50,000 years. Good Luck.

Welllllll those mammaries look structurally sound to me.

Whats this SALTING ??? Are you talking of efflorescence in the brickwork ?

Bahco I commend your 28 weeks without smoking. Try going three weeks without a glass of wine. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

It seems a shame you have to scrap a perfectly working Boiler because some large Company can't be bothered to search for parts. But I think you put your finger on it when you said "I'm calling them out to often to maintain it." Its your call, a more efficient Boiler may save you in the...

Had a log cabin installed in our back garden 4mx3m cost about £2,500 walls and ceiling approx 50mm (2 inches) windows and doors double glazed. We had a concrete plinth made for it which cost lot more than just a plinth as we had electric and drains put in as it was to be used as a utility room...

You need to fit an extractor fan or at the very least keep the bathhroom window open Steamy air will condense on cold surfaces so why take the risk of it migrating to your loft. (I wouldn't of thought it would get that far) MM

You also might find that the back part of the building only was built half a brick thick, 4.5 inches ( something Victorian builders did) dry lining should help.

Sprung wooden floor. and internal insulation.

The Part Wall Act does.

Start the meter off on a known dry internal wall. This should give you a reading you can use as your norm. Then use it on your external walls, you should get higher readings . If you get excessive higher readings you should try and trace why.

If its leaking why dont you have it covered in lead.

Be careful that its done properly . There are some horror stories that it has caused dampness. I suspect that the cavity has not been filled properly and certain parts were not filled causing cold spots resulting in condensation. For solid walls its easier to insulate internally the...

Have you thought of an "Archimides Screw." !

Seek out a Surveyor who's got a Diploma in Home Inspection. The qualification is very stringent and intense All Chartered Surveyors have to undergo a conversion to get this Diploma. The Survey will be more exacting than anything that has gone before.

Or even better get to know your neighbours. They might be tree surgeons.