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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on July 27, 2012 at 10:09

Jane

We are right in the middle of major rebuilding - as a result of an old lead water pipe splitting three feet below a solid floor with lovely original tiles.  :(

 So from our experience this week I can highly recommended Zoltan from Building & Decorating Solution Ltd. based in N17 - very good service and impressive speed at dealing with a job that grew bigger as the days went on!

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Permalink Reply by Jane Morris on August 1, 2012 at 12:35

Thanks Richard!

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Permalink Reply by Jane Morris on August 1, 2012 at 12:48

Hi Diana

Thanks very much for your detailed reply. I'm a bit confused about who you mean - Terminix (www.terminix.com) seem to only do pest control, there seems to be no discussion of correcting rising damp. Are these the same people you mean? But I have found Peter Cox: http://www.petercox.com/about-peter-cox.php  Is that who you mean? But there seems to be no mention of Terminix on his site.

My problem is a strange one in that the damp seems to be only in the porch wall that divides 'my' house from the one next door (the next-door neighbour is involved as well). I say 'my' house because I actually own the upstairs flat of the house that's converted into two flats (with a share of the freehold on the whole building so it's still partly my responsibility), so I don't know what it's like inside downstairs, which is occupied by a tenant (the owner is abroad). There's not really any similar evidence of damp on the outside of that flat though; I'll have to have a chat with him. To add to the woes, the external bricks on the property are painted with impermeable paint, which exacerbates damp issues, so might have to be removed - I can't imagine how that would be done though, or what the walls would look like afterwards! These things always mount up don't they...

Anyway, thanks again

Jane

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Permalink Reply by Jane Morris on August 17, 2012 at 6:07

Thanks very much for your help, I'll check out Peter Cox.

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Permalink Reply by Jane Morris on August 17, 2012 at 6:07

Thanks very much Tom, all very helpful information. I'll look into all of that.

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