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Hi everyone, this is my first time posting. So thanks in advance for any help! I am renovating my 1930s semi. The spare room above the porch has cracks by the window to the floor. I assume that this is due to a double glazed window being put in in the 90s. The window looks to be of a wood...

Hello, Looking into a 1930's house and noticed some cracks in the brickwork, can anyone identify the type of brick used and let me know any issues assocaited with it. The picture is below. Thank you.

Hello all, I am hoping somebody might be able to help with an ongoing issue we have under our upstairs bay window. The house is a detached 1930s house. We renovated it around 6 years ago now, and this problem only seems to have arisen in the last 3 ish. Under the bay, we have a number of...

Hey guys, I've brought a house with dodgey drains and I've had drain companies out but they dont seem to have answers. I've been trying to read up on schematics and designs of how downpipes on terrace houses were traditionally built and how they deal with rain water at the front of a 1900 mid...

First time poster here looking for some advice! We are taking up a wooden floor over a porch to add insulation in a 1930’s house. Have discovered this under the floor boards and in between the joists in the rafters. Any ideas? We’ve had the artex tested for asbestos which came back negative...

Hello! I'm currently removing a rotten bay from the exterior as the render has failed and the laths behind are totally rotted through. 1. Does anyone know what the black sheeting is called and what the modern version is called these day? That's failed and needs replacing too. 2. I'm planning...

Hello! I'm in the process of removing render from the front of my how and I am just starting to tackle the bay box. It is totally rotten through so I am taking it back to the black waterproof membrane I have a few questions to help guide me on what to do next: 1. Do I need to remove the black...

Looking for any suggestions on when and why someone would have built a cement and corrugated asbestos structure in the garden of a 1930s property in SE London. Nothing on planning permission and pretty sure it's 1980s or earlier. See drawing! - 2 parallel walls of roughly 4.2m and 2.1m length...