At one of our recent workshops we were alerted to a damp problem in an Edwardian house in North Shirley. The side (SW facing) wall had cavity insulation fitted approximately 20 years ago. The damp is just above the skirting running the length of the hallway which is adjacent to the south west wall. There … Read more
Typically in larger Victorian and early 20th century properties there was a room at the back of the house called the scullery. This was where a maid would do work such as laundry, washing up etc. Due to the amount of water from spillage and condensation, these rooms usually had solid concrete floors, as timber … Read more
While we had floorboards lifted to carry out the underfloor insulation, we noticed that where the joists met the outside wall of the room, they were sitting on a timber plate that ran along between the brick courses immediately above the original slate damp course. Although the timber plate looked OK, we tested it with … Read more