water damage

Hello all, Our garage got flooded in recent “monsoon like weather”. Everything wet has been disposed of and the garage ckearred to dry. It looks like the flood water was above the damp proof course ( see pic). Construction is brick then breeze block. The house has cavity wall filling pellets)...

Hi, We had a big flash flood and a hole has opened up in the floor at the edge of the house -outside (see photos). Luckily no water entered the house. Two of our block paving bricks seem to have disappeared down the hole (house was built in 1987) Any thoughts on how I should repair? Should I be...

Afternoon, Just wanting some advice on potential sources and remedies for water ingress that has caused a hole in the plaster above our front door. This hole has appeared after a particularly wet winter, and occasionally drips - particularly if the wind is blowing rain towards the house. We...

Hi all, Does anyone have expertise/experience of water damage to fireboard who could share some guidance? I suffered a leak into my kitchen from upstairs neighbour. She's a difficult person and kept turning mains back on, so I had gallons pouring in for on/off 4 days. Ceiling was on brink of...

We have water coming into the room below the roof on the sides of the room when it rains. I'm unable to climb onto the roof to take a closer look as it is too high and I don't have access from below. I've taken a look at the roof from the window above and the flashing looks a bit suspicious -...

Water is getting into our conservatory and has ruined part of our windowsill. The water pools in one corner. Somebody advised me to apply CT1 to seal the gap between our conservatory windows and the sill on the outside to stop the leak. It didn’t work, and now somebody else has said that I...

We live in a Victorian terraced house and our neighbour has come over saying the render has blown near the coping stones right at the top, in between our houses. Turns out they’ve had terrible damp in the kitchen for 5 years but only mentioned anything a few months ago. He came over today saying...

Hello everyone. Almost a year ago I had a leak fixed in the bathroom, but now there seems to be another problem... Part of the fix I had done last year was having a new shower screen and bath panel installed. Just been reading the instructions and realised it wasn't sealed correctly on the...

Hi, I have attached 2 photos with this message (please ignore the red circle on the second photo, it's not relevant for this issue). The first photo is the bottom of the pipe. The second photo is the top of the pipe. I have this main water pipe inside my flat. It goes from the roof and down...

Hi. I have just purchased a terraced house. Built circa 1890. It's in a row of 24 houses built on a relatively steep hill. The houses are built in pairs. Each pair is lower than the pair before as they step down the hill. I'm near the bottom. I'm situated so that, looking at the house, the house...

Water appears to be getting into our house causing a stain on the joining wall of our semi detached house. The wall is never wet or damp to the touch, but the stain has been gradually working it's way down the wall becoming more noticeable. Inside - you'll see the stain on the joining property...

Hi All, Just over a year ago I had a leaky rising main stop cock under the sink. This caused some water damage to the laminate floorboards. The separation and bubbling continued to get worse however, so I decided to pull the worst damaged board up to see if there was any other water, but...

Hi All, I'm looking for opinions. I have an old shed that I am looking to convert into a workshop. The shed has been clad in treated tongue & groove (vertical) some years ago (not by me). As you would expect, as the wood has weathered and aged, gaps have opened up between the boards. There is...

I'm posting this in here, as it contains a variety of elements - building, plumbing, plastering, tiling, etc - so I'm not sure where to put it, but here goes! Our house dates all the way back to 1995. It's a pretty ordinary concrete block house with some studding and plasterboard internal...