Recent content by Eryna

I haven't thought to ask! I'll try and leave them a note. The worst of the damp isn't even at skirting board level, which really adds to the mystery for me!

Hi Harry, More or less - it's quite high up and there's another house not far away from it. The waste pipes on the left come out of the eaves storage space, which is not part of my flat per se. They're on the right side of my exterior wall. The boiler flue comes out of the kitchen. The...

Hello, I'm back with more plaster questions. :) I live in a top-floor flat that was converted in 1989. The house itself was built in 1879. I've got some damp issues between an external wall (plaster on brickwork, supposedly, with some kind of shiny dark sheet in between) and a partition wall...

Thanks for the advice, PolarNorth! That wall is pretty cold indeed, so I'm sure it will come in handy. :giggle:

Yes, that's when the conversion was done! The house itself was built in 1879, I think. And thank you, I will keep that in mind! :giggle: I hope it's okay to ask here, as I'd rather not create a new topic about much the same thing... I've been thinking of ways to level the most damaged wall...

Hello, Thank you both for your insight! I really appreciate it! I realise I didn't say much about the place - it's a top-floor flat in a Victorian house, so I doubt much was done to fireproof the rooms. The external-facing wall (with the cracks) is supposed to be backed by brickwork. I just...

Hello, I'm about to start renovating my walls and am trying to determine what my insulation is made of. Most of my walls are like this, with some kind of plaster/cardboard/white stuff inside, and sound pretty hollow: And others are like this, with a lot of cracks, sound hollow in places...