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Even with the credit crunch biting hard, it seems that no-one wants my money - two plumbers / Corgi gas people round to quote for new boiler and bathroom fitting and two weeks later still no quote provided! This evening, I was expecting a plumber and a Corgi to come separately, came home from...

Thanks chaps for this sound advice. The cracking hasn't got any worse over the year I've had the house, and it is prob 20 years since the bathroom was decorated, so it seems to be historic and not getting worse. Regarding the fine mesh, should I just repair any damaged brickwork and then...

Hi chaps Thanks for your responses. Yes, the movement in the past does seem to have been downwards, as the floor slopes downwards noticeably when you walk into the bathroom (and the ceiling downstairs is bowed). There is no external crack on the outside that I can see - see the following...

Hello - been lurking for a while and got some great advice from here. However, now have a question. My girlfriend's uncle, a chartered surveyor, gave my house a once over when I bought it. There was some plaster cracking (about one metre long) in the external wall of the bathroom around...

I moved into a 1900s semi last year. In the survey for damp, the firm carrying it out found damp in the front wall of the living room, below the window. However, as the mortgage company didn't put a retention on the mortgage, I wasn't required to do anything. Now it's come to redecorating and...