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Do you mean the lower brick work, under the floor level? You say garage side which is the side with the white wood door showing in the pics but main issue is the opposite side of the house. Do I dig that external floor then and see if it dries ? I have also noticed the internal corner is...

First 4 pictures show the corner which has the worst damp at floor level, Mainly along the floor on the gable wall and slight on back wall getting less away from corner. The next 3 show other corner which has a slight problem but not as bad. The last 3 are from roof space looking at corner...

I have also been in the roof and the asbestos sheet has ceiling tiles on the underside so you cant see the asbestos sheet. There are a few areas where the tiles are bowing and a couple cracked which looks to be damp from somewhere, be it a leak or condensation I don't know. The roof sheets...

bernardgreen, Do you think its likely to be the soak away then? Now you have said this it makes me wonder. How far away from the property would it likely be? The garden is flat or around 15 metres and then rises up up and slop for another 15 metres. I guess the water could be flowing in...

Ill have a search about then, I was hoping for some info relevant to my conditions as usually when looking at other people problems its hard to know if it is a similar problem.

Hi All, I'm hoping I can get some advice please. We recently bought a bungalow (40 years old) and found that a corner bedroom had damp in the corner and going along the gable end wall. Low down and nothing above 6 inches except for the corner of the plaster that seems damp but that could be...

I spoke to a building supplies company and they advised to do a concrete slab at 6" min. and that would be ok for a garage. Is this right or should I go with something else ???? The ground is normal soil, Not clay and not realy sandy. I also read somewhere that I could do a trench...

Hi, I am looking for advice on building a garage. It will be 5 metre x 6 metre as thats the largest I can go without building and planning permision(floor area max 30 mtr), it will be 2 metre high walls. The base wil be higher than the ground and the land slopes slightly.once the base is...