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Howdy All,
As per the title, where do I begin to ask for advice..
We bought a little detached cottage last year which was surveyed and pronounced damp free.
Only, it's turning out to be far from 'damp free'.
We have a single room bedroom extension stuck on one side of the house which is completely unusable in the winter as it's so very cold.
We had soaking wet skirting boards in the kitchen/dining room extension at the back of the house, with a little pool of water in the corner.
After much head scratching we realised that the concrete path had been laid higher than the interior floors and breaching the damp proof course. We have just ground out a channel around the entire house to get the concrete away from the wall, which is at least starting to dry up the skirting boards.
However, it seems the bedroom extension has suffered structural damage from a badly fitted down pipe and being buried under the path for years and the entire corner breeze block has disintegrated. Is it good enough to grind out the remainder of the original breeze block and replace?
Also, any ideas on the most economical way to insulate this bedroom so it can be used year round rather than just the summer? It's only a small room so struggling for room on the inside, but have very deep eaves on the outside so maybe external insulation's a better route?
Any help gratefully received.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
As per the title, where do I begin to ask for advice..
We bought a little detached cottage last year which was surveyed and pronounced damp free.
Only, it's turning out to be far from 'damp free'.
We have a single room bedroom extension stuck on one side of the house which is completely unusable in the winter as it's so very cold.
We had soaking wet skirting boards in the kitchen/dining room extension at the back of the house, with a little pool of water in the corner.
After much head scratching we realised that the concrete path had been laid higher than the interior floors and breaching the damp proof course. We have just ground out a channel around the entire house to get the concrete away from the wall, which is at least starting to dry up the skirting boards.
However, it seems the bedroom extension has suffered structural damage from a badly fitted down pipe and being buried under the path for years and the entire corner breeze block has disintegrated. Is it good enough to grind out the remainder of the original breeze block and replace?
Also, any ideas on the most economical way to insulate this bedroom so it can be used year round rather than just the summer? It's only a small room so struggling for room on the inside, but have very deep eaves on the outside so maybe external insulation's a better route?
Any help gratefully received.