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Well ok - today a couple of friends and i started the living room and after much discussion about what to do with the hideous ceiling (re-broad, or PVA and skim) we decided for the latter. Well I'd popped out to fulfil their urge for scottish eggs, and when i returned, they had put on the...

It seems my catalogue of disasters is growing daily... Today i begin stripping the living room wallpaper to discover that the original doorway to hall has been filled in and replaced by a square opening about 1.8m to the left. The replacement "square," was next subject to a door being...

The title says it all really. My neighbour kindly pointed out today a massive crack starting below the door, coming out the top pf the door, continuing up past the top window going slightly angled. (The bottom of the house you can see it following the bricks but the top of the house is...

Hello! I small amounts of rising damp in the living room, and after much struggle trying to get quotes, and doing reading around the subject - i have decided to opt for DIY. I know that the reason for the problem is that the path outside is too high up (the DPC is just 2cm off the ground)...

Hello! This is my first post here, I hope some of you gentlemen can help, I am living in a nightmare house, and I really don't want to get ripped off by dishonest damp proofers, if you can offer some help it will be much appreciated =) I've taken some pictures to try to show clearly the...