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Q. I own a semi detached house and the dining room has 2 walls which are internal backing onto the lounge at one side and the entrance hall on the other. The other 2 are external, down the side of the house on one side and to the front on the other. The floor is concrete and until about a year ago the room was carpeted. I recently decorated removing the carpet changing it to laminated flooring and installed black damp proof underlay. I am now getting large patches of black damp and the walls and windows are often wet with moisture. The damp occurs particularly behind the dining room dresser and in the corners of the room. I have a marine fish tank in the room that has been there for longer than 5 years but have never had the damp issue until after I had carried out this redecoration, repapered the walls and replaced the carpet with laminated flooring. I would be very grateful f any advice on what I can do to prevent and treat the damp area and whether I would need to change the flooring as well as the wallpaper Regards David View answer »

Q. I live in a detached house and when we moved in the neighbours drive was too high and covered our damp course. We had the necessary chemical treatment and some years later we had cavity wall installation. I have noticed that there are damp patches all the way along the wall and I can see dark lines illustrating the brickwork behind that plaster on one of my chimney breasts. Are you able to give me a solution - I cannot find my guarantee for the damp remedy and the cavity wall installation haven't replied. thank you View answer »

Q. Hi. There's a wall in my house that has damp at the bases. I had a dpc put in and had it replastered with lime plaster which has helped somewhat. I also had a radiator put it, which may have helped. However, the damp problem is still there in one wall particularly. This is an extension adjoining a kitchen. Either side is a concrete floor. I suspect the floors are bridging the DPC. Also, the external wall was rendered, not really allowing the damp to go anywhere. I want to sell up but I know the survey will say "damp" mercilessly! Is there anything I can do. Could the floors be cut away from the floor to stop the bridging? Any ideas gratefully received! Thanks very much, Ed. View answer »

Q. How long is cementitious tanking supposed to last? If the tanking were found to have failed in part of a wall of one of the rooms of my flat, does this necessarily mean that the tanking will need to be renewed throughout the whole flat or are localised repairs possible? View answer »

Q. hi, we have a ground floor flat in birmingham, it's only seven years old and over the past few years damp has been getting worse on the outside walls to to on side of the flat. its the side with big aluminum framed windows and also in the bedroom on the same side of the flat were there is damp around the walls and in side the wordrobe, we have had a dehumidifia running for afew months now and the problem is still there. please could you advise what my next steps should be. thanks bruce View answer »

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