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It’s reading 17.5 when a damp meter is against it… the rest of the fireplace reads around 3%…. It’s been a year since the work was done, surely the plaster would have dried out by now?!

Can anyone give me any advice then, before the surveyor comes out from the company who did the damp proofing? I’m not accepting that this patch in one area is due to humidity in the house when there was no issues on that wall before i had the damp proofing. What is all that mottling and tiny...

They have asked for £75 for the survey. If they need to re do the work, I get it back. If they don’t re do the work, I get part of it back. Still not confirmed with them what I’m doing yet. I checked the paperwork and in the conditions of sale, it states they will issue a ten year guarantee...

I’m in West Yorkshire. The chimney stack runs vertically along mine and my neighbours roof. 4 pots in a row and all capped. I’m assuming the front 2 are mine and the other 2 are his. The second pot the row is cracked….

Hi. Yes, I’m not sure having an extractor put in my kitchen wall would have stopped this localised patch that has come through. I keep windows open. I haven’t responded back to the company yet about if I have done the works they suggested. As far as I’m aware, the work they have done as...

You’re not wrong. Is there anyway to make it look less slap dash before I eventually get round to re painting the room? I mean, the lad thought I was acceptable to re attached the skirting board after hacking it off to do the work. This is what the back wall of the recess looked like. I lost...

Hi, I’m looking for a some advice. As a single female living on her own, I’m wanting to avoid being fobbed off or stitched up. A bit of info. My house in a terrace, built in the 1830’s, and yes, I know, I will definitely be prone to damp! The house was gutted before I moved in and renovated...