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Whilst I think you are lovely, it works the same for gas fires their fumes and carbon monoxide. In older houses like Victorian but not restricted to this era back-to-back flues with neighbours are often 4.5 inch thick. In knackered mortar there is no difficulty for fumes to flow from one flue...

If the client instructs you not to leave a vent, do as you are told. Explain the reasons why you want to insert a vent and confirm the situation on your invoice or by way of a note. if you over rule a client, or anyone else for that matter you take on the responsibility for the consequences...

This interpretation based on being Yorkshire born and bred and having to translate Cockney and other southern languages. I have to say it seems self-evident what the writer is trying to tell us at least the first 80% of his text. This suggests a defective corresponding readership or a wish to...

You lot need to stick to plastering. Has plaster dust affected your thought processes? Vent in bedroom fireplace because council said so . Lounge fire is on ground floor and bedroom first floor ...I'll concede modest grounds to claim ambiguity on this bit. And lastly of course different...

Deducting money for 'shoddy work' depends on the nature of the contract between you and the employer. . A rough guide for permanent employees is shown below argue for these standards if you have a differing contract. Is an employer entitled to make deductions from an employee’s payBy law, an...

I did a grant job in Kirklees, it was in their standard spec to brick-up bedroom fireplaces and insert a vent. We installed a vent and when we lit a fire in the lounge smoke came out thro vent in the bedroom. I mentioned this to env health officer in charge of job pointing gas fires and...

Nickelarse Ph.D I presume

More info such as age and construction details, brick , stone, cavity wall or solid wall, solid floor , sub floor void or cellar and so on, would help. You live next door if your house is similar construction do you have same problem, if not, why not?. Although you indicate problems and you...

Yeah I coming around to a believe that there is no such thing as rising damp but if I were to say so irish-spread and flynnyman would argue that there was.

Thank you Mr Flynnyman I am beginning to understand your wit

The listing covers the whole of a house and its curtilage that is associated land and property. Every aspect of a house or building is covered. The issue is whether you need permission to carry out works. Works that effect the character of a building such as replacing lath and plaster with...

Going slightly off-topic. If its two-storey or more isn't it inherently unstable and better dealt with by a masonry leaf built off a foundation? Steve

It depends. Any work that affects the historical or architectural character of a listed building needs listed building consent. This applies to the interior as well as the exterior. The listing has the potential to cover every aspect of the building There is a pub in Cambridge as I recall...

eems to be a fair amount of damp on the face of the skirting and underlay is a bit wet up to 6" out from the wall. The wall itself is wet about a foot up to the extent that the paint has gone soggy. I have no idea where the damp is coming from as the ground level outside is slightly lower ...

One possible route is. Spray the outside to saturation with a water repellent. Avoid using hard cement based water-proof render to the outside. Internally improve the thermal efficiency of the wall with polystyrene backed plasterboard assumming the internal wall is free of obstructions...

I presume this is some sort of advanced Irish joke. If by chance you are serious stop messing about give us view and I'll comment

Thanks, if it had been any smaller I wouldn't have seen it

Yeah on Tigne point. We have spent a couple of years living on Sliema front overlooking Manuel Island. Email me when your next there we can have pint if you want. Cheers

Any person of average intelligence can do what follows, if it interests them. . Defeating conmen is best done by rational comment and observation that persuades interested parties that your view is reasonable or more probable than an opposing one. Anecdotal evidence based on experience no...

I meant I am going to start my own thread - Rising Damp;my part in its downfall but having tried to I haven't got a clue how to do it. This worries me since Irish-mist can do it so he will accuse me of being thick.

I don't 'work'. I retired 6 years ago and went to live in Malta. Hence Sliema. I am refurbishing a cottage we bought about 25 years ago for a song. We got another property in the town a few years ago. The cottage needs rewiring and our residence needs upgrading. I am only in Brittany because...

Sorry if it come over that way its probably time to move. I have tried to be provocative without offending

The non-believers won't answer in a meaningful way

I spent 10 years plastering - how does this advance the debate of rising damp and old birds getting ripped off. If my experience in some way supports part of my argument I reveal that aspect of my experience. What we have all done, in respect of work, helps form our character and knowledge...

I’m not sensitive about this but on open sites such as this the advice is generally don’t reveal personal stuff. If you want to chat privately I am happy to respond fully on [email protected]

a NUMBER OF 'wHICH' SUVEYS have demonstrated that garages have frequentley been guilty of being conmen. I see the point you are making but there is a question of scale dpc jobs can be in the thousands and my garage bills have never been of that order. where the costs merit it an independent...

TO FLYNNYMAN

In my opinion the diagnosis of the cause of a damp problem, should be by a person independent, a person who has no vested interest in the outcome. When the diagnosis and solution is offered by the same company there is a danger in that a 'surveyor', may feel the need, for a variety of reasons to...

Writing never, or always or in the case above 'No' reveals a simple attitude to problems. It has no merit if you want to be taken seriously.

DAMP PROOF COURSES ARE A WASTE OF TIME For anyone who is bothered. The following web site attacks the rising damp industry it will make Irish-spread happy. Unfortuneatley it also rips apart the idea that sand and cement is a satisfactory mix to use on older buildings. There are lots of photos...

If you elaborate I migth have an idea of what the point is that you are making.

Much of the debate on this forum has been about whether there is a need for a remedial dpc's or in fact whether rising damp exists. For those who hold this view the quality and skill of the guy doing the job is irrelevant: to be in stalling a dpc places you in a fraudulent and/or unnecessary...

Is this she who you previously describe as an old bird or some other female you are advising?

Its about rendering you d***head

Yes hundreds of times my life has been one of working with my hands as opposed to a word processor. I have vibration white finger as a consequence. Experience is not enough you need to understand what you are doing and have an investigative nature. The problem with much of what is written on...

ok ok

Interesting since Rennes near us, as in place name is pronunced the same way. I bet your French and taking the p**s

Hows that pronounced?

As I have explained elsewhere I (seriously) struggle with the English language If read 'reply' then since I am replying I press the reply button. The nature of a reply necessitates some communication so 'reply' and 'reply with a quote' mean the same thing. Was the designer of this web site...

Flynny and Irish would you bother putting a bellcast above dpc when your external rendering? Or just render over dpc? maybe even take the render to the ground? What would you say is best practice and why pls? Non of my business but if you take on the decision for example when you are working...

THIS IS ON LY FOR FLYNNY FLYNNY WRITES Steve im finding it very difficult to answer your threads co it would mean a long script like your which i cant be bothered to write i will however answer some of the bits i can remember coz they stand out in my head. you said . " In a normal wall in a...

Look here. I have had a lifetimes battle with the English language as as I am concerned, for example, was is pronounced WAZ and woz should be the correct spelling of was. If Paddies can't spell phonetically you'll get whatever I fancy. Regarding Leetrum the family farm was in the sticks but...

I might be 3/4 Irish but I'm not that daft to give you my surname! You'll be turning up wanting accommodation. Father from Leitrum where our surname is common

Yes my first language is Gaelic, I'm from county Meath, but I also speak some German, some Latin and very little French. Mmm it seems ur not all u purport to be :RpS_laugh: I am all and more than what I purport to be. And plasterers vocabulary should not extend to purport..I think you have...

Irish -spread asks And just as a matter of interest, why do you post , wait for a reply (me normally :RpS_laugh:) then log off, come back 4/5 hrs later with a reply and the circle starts again. Are you really from France originally as a matter of interest ? I'll log on again in 4 hrs time. I...

Someone asked where in France do you live Malestroit in Brittany

Google all you like Steve, you have finally agreed on all my posts and no, I have not justy got back from the pub, maybe you have maybe perhaps maybe got got back from ze pub :RpS_biggrin: Are you Polish by any chance (wiv ze norzern accent :RpS_sneaky:) ? I think either you are unable to...

So what your saying steve is that the salts can only come up from the ground? No, you get them in urine with dogs and animals peeing against building structure, they are a big problem in chimney breasts especially at ground level but also coming down from the bedroom ceiling, you get them when...