tanking

Hello, I am looking for a bit of help with a tanking project. I have a small storage area under the front steps (apx 6ft x 3ft), which is mostly below ground level (I expect it’s the old coal storage area since the house is a Victorian terrace). We have had some problems with water ingress and a...

Hi I am planning on building a one storey extension to the rear of my garden flat which is on the ground floor of a victorian terrace house in london. There is an existing sunken patio to the rear of my flat and there is a 1.2m high retaining wall holding the raised garden. The extension I want...

Evening all, This issue has just thrown another curveball which has made me sign up to here to try and get some opinions. I've got an old victorian terrace down in Portsmouth and looking to get the basement tanked and used as a suitable DRY storage space. Thought I had it sorted when a builder...

Hello all I'm currently damp proofing my basement. I have hacked off the plaster and intend on applying Synthaprufe to tank the walls. The masonry walls aren't in great condition, is it advised that I stabilise the walls before applying the Synthaprufe or is there no need? Also, there are a...

Hi all, welcome to my post. The front room of our house has had damp issues since we bought it in early 2012. We then had an large extension later that year, although the front room with damp problems was not touched back then due to finances at the time. Our place was originally a cow shed...

Hi i was recently caught up in the Boxing day floods I live in a flat that is about 3 ft below ground both houses either side are just cellar's, i live in a row of 5 houses behind the houses and high above are fields and the houses sit in front of hills, because there was so much rain there was...