old house

Had to rip out the vestibule and timber floor due to it all being rotten and damp, but I don't know how to put everything back together. There is moisture coming from under the door as ground levels are quite high, I don't even think the wall under the door can be re-built because of the pipe...

Moved into my new home recently and discovered some damp issues. There are gaps by the side of my doorstep where it looks like water is entering. I'm a complete novice when it comes to anything to do with building or DIY - I at first thought It was coming from the airbricks going into next door...

Mystery hole in partywall. While lifting some floorboards near the main entrance to our home I found a small hole on the party wall side. A bricks width and height in size, filled with loose stone, the likes of which I have not encountered in the rest of the building. I could reach into the...

Our house has some age (built early 1800s) and we want to renovate the built in cupboard that was built in to the alcove of an old fireplace (now blocked up). The skirting that previous owners edged the bottom with looked rotten so wanted to get that out and it looks like lots of old / failed...

We had a survey back on an old cottage built of granite. obviously there are some damp issues. I am trying to convince my husband we should not be put off by this as if the source of the damp is identified then it can be remediated. I will copy what was written in the report below 1. Down the...

Hello everyone! I own a house built around 1960 and it has these ventilation boxes on the wall. A larger one in the living room, which is wired into the mains (see 1st pic below). And then 3 smaller units in the bedrooms that are mounted higher up and don't have any wires or switches (see 2nd...

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Hi , Can any one throw any insight/help into this please.See attached pics for more. House is approx 150yr old. Working ‘open’ coal fire in living room. Bedroom directly above that. Then the attic directly above that (which also goes part way over 2 nd bedroom) & has original stairs to access...

Hi I’ve recently moved into an old property and am waiting for central heating to be put in. It currently has old storage heaters and I’m worried that they may contain asbestos. Especially if my pregnant wife is around.. The model is berry magicoal 4102 I have looked on registers of heaters...

Hey all, hoping someone can help advise me on this. I rent an old terraced property that is in disrepair. When I first signed the lease it I naïvely thought I'd caught a lucky break of sorts, which obviously turned out too good to be true. I knew there were issues, but not to the extent that...

Kitchen_damp_wall_20180613_154415 by Fishwalker posted 13 Jun 2018 at 4:04 PM We fitted a new kitchen in 2015 into our 1908 mid terrace and the room needed some serious attention to rotten floorboards and joists, which we resolved. I also did some work under the floor in the adjoining dining...