On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:25:07 GMT, (Anna Kettle)
wrote:

Trouble is that by doing this you are keeping the bricks wet whereas
at the moment they evaporate moisture into the room. Eventually the
bricks will fail and either the house will be knocked down or it will
have to be partly rebuilt - both expensive options

But you might decide that by the time this happens you will be long
gone and meanwhile you can get more house room in which case ignore me

Really? The Victorians built their underground reservoirs with
brick...

http://www.papplewickpumpingstation.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/news/032001/21/underground_wed.shtml

cheers,
Pete.