cellar damp

We’re having our cellar tanked and plastered and we’ve noticed some weird dotting in the plaster. It looks like salt is coming through too near the vents. The vents go directly to the outside wall and we’re worried it’s letting in water. We were told to get ventilation but it’s literally two...

Hi all, I’m looking for advice on a particularly tricky situation we’re having with our cellar (end of terrace 1880s Victorian house). We moved in 7 years ago and although everything in the cellar was slightly raised (insinuating there may have been previous flooding), we didn’t have any...

Evening all, My house was built around 1870 and it has a vaulted cellar. The person I bought the property off lifted a few of the Yorkshire flagstones from the cellar floor to make a patio in the back garden, don’t worry I know what you’re all thinking. Frikken idiot! Anyway it’s been a year...

I'm in the process of purchasing a mid-terrace house which has stonecladding to the front of the property. I've had an independent survey carried out and the assessor noted using his protimeter mini that there were high readings of damp to the front room wall. I think it showed 50 (not sure...