Originally Posted By Hamwich
Originally Posted By rainbowj
All this is very interesting. I live in an old stone cottage, circa1701, and have a problem with mould in the end livjng room. I will have to buy one.


Check the outside ground/soil level isn't above inside floor level. Stone cottages like to have a lower ground level around them. Ideally you should have a trench around 12" deeper than floor level filled with stone chippings / coarse gravel.


When I bought the cottage 40yrs ago I had the walls injected with a damproof course but they would not do the fireplace. I think this is where the damp is. Foundationa are very shallow so I dont go digging too deep, except may be near the extension.

John
1992 plus4 connaught green