On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:50:38 +0100, "Ian Middleton"
wrote:


"Phil Addison" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:42:15 +0100, "stuart noble"
wrote:

Not comimg in via the roof, the damp/water you are seeing ?

No. She has had an attic conversion which completely replaced the roof
over there, and it didn't cure the damp.

A friend of mine had a severe damp problem under the window cill of an
upstairs windows of an 1890's (I think) house. After much faffing, plaster
removal etc was traced to an "over generous" piece of roofing felt poking
(and loose/missing tile) into a gutter and diverting water into the brick
cavity. Water was running down the cavity, around the window frame, around
the cill and re-appearing on the brick work under the cill.

Fixing the roof/gutter problem stopped the damp.

Phil
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