Recent content by jgc1457

Morning all, and thanks for the tip Stuart23 -- it's a pity they weren't pound coins seeing as there are quite a few of them :) We've had a joiner in to examine the wood floor, as well as a tiling restorer and both have said we're not looking at dry rot, which is a huge relief. They couldn't...

Thanks, good to know the place is on the road to recovery!

Hi Dropsalot, thanks for the reassurance, my blood pressure is returning to normal! Am I right in thinking a good course of action is to keep the central heating on (low-ish) and as many windows as feasible slightly open? Also, I've been told that lighting the fires (we have two open coal fires)...

Haha thanks for the advice, I've been reading on a few different websites what a con the damp companies are -- injecting water-based chemicals into walls to overcome damp caused by... water! I've got a joiner coming to identify why some of the floorboards are a bit springy, as long as none of...

Hi TCD, thanks for the suggestion -- I looked at dehumidifiers from a local hire company, they have ones that are about £150 a week including VAT. If I hired one of those and ran it for a week, am I right in thinking that I wouldn't need a domestic dehumidifier running all the time afterwards...

Hi Flynnyman, thanks for the reply -- it's not been empty at all (well, a few days between the sellers moving out and us moving in) -- but every flat surface had been covered in either carpet or lino, and the carpet that we removed from the floorboard photos had a weird underlay that had plastic...

Hi all, I hope it's OK for me to post this on this forum as I'm not a plasterer -- I'm someone who's just moved into a 1905 house that has more than a few damp issues, and I reckon a forum of plastering professionals will be able to identify some of the problems that are worrying me sick. I've...