My dusty crack is getting bigger and now it smells of smoke!

[Arch]

Positive air pressure in your house would force the smells out. Something like this, blowing inwards ought to do it:

I'd just be worried that the force of the fan would push the wall in, given the size of the crack!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Positive air pressure in your house would force the smells out. Something like this, blowing inwards ought to do it:

One minor side issue is that our toddler is obsessed with getting into the pantry, and turning it into a wind tunnel would only increase her resolve to get in and find something dangerous to play with

 

[Fnaar]

Does anyone on here play banjolele?
This thread title deserves to be a George Formby-style ditty.

"Eeh, ah live at noomber twenty-three
With Mavis, who's mah lass
We got married joost last year
We really 'ave a gas.

She went into t'pantry
To give 'er beans a soak
Boot 'er doosty crack got bigger
And now it smells of smoke..."

(clearly the song needs development, but I hope it has potential)

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Does anyone on here play banjolele?)

No

Alan..

 

[Night Train]

Positive air pressure in your house would force the smells out. Something like this, blowing inwards ought to do it:

I have a few of those left in stock if you need one...

 

[Arch]

I have a few of those left in stock if you need one...

How many?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

We've just had this response from the company looking into our subsidence:

There is damage to the party wall and your drains appear to have all been repaired, however, monitoring confirms ongoing movement to the landing and by the kitchen door.

There may well be drainage problems in the neighbours property that are contributing to the cause of damage.

We need to contact your neighbour to the left hand side and ask them whether they have any damage to the party wall at their side and if there is damage we need to establish if they have submitted a claim to their insurers. If a claim has been notified to their insurers, we would like to obtain the details of whoever is dealing with that claim so that we can contact them.

If the neighbours response is that there is no damage to their home then if possible we would like to visit that property.

If you are on good terms with your neighbour, you may wish to speak to them and advise us the outcome of your discussion.

Alternatively if you could supply us with their address, name (if known) and telephone number (if known) we will write to them.

The house next door isn't technically attached to our house; our house is a number of years older than next door and there is a gap of about 50mm between the two houses.

I have a contact for the lady who owns the house next door (and rents it out), and I know she bought the house at auction a couple of years ago, possibly without a survey...

I think I need to call her.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Well it's all come to a head now. The monitoring company reckons the movement has stopped and has given us an epic long list of work they're going to carry out. We just had to find a £1000 excess. I received a payout for mis-sold PPI insurance which nearly covers the excess (but would also have nicely covered a new MTB).

 

[subaqua]

seems weird to put like when you can't spend money on a new bike , but you know what it means

 

[Andrew_Culture]

seems weird to put like when you can't spend money on a new bike , but you know what it means

Aye

 

[MontyVeda]

You house is similar to mine... Victorian end terrace with rectangular doors and rhomboid door frames.

When i started my kitchen renovation bodge, I stupidly built a sink unit with 90 degree corners, and fitted splash backs around three walls with a spirit level, only to find the room doesn't have any 90 degree corners, nor a level floor so the units on one side needed chocking up to bring them anywhere near the level splash backs... just fitted the skirting boards and i now realise why people buy a house, knock it down and build another one... it's got to be easier in the long run.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

You house is similar to mine... Victorian end terrace with rectangular doors and rhomboid door frames.

When i started my kitchen renovation bodge, I stupidly built a sink unit with 90 degree corners, and fitted splash backs around three walls with a spirit level, only to find the room doesn't have any 90 degree corners, nor a level floor so the units on one side needed chocking up to bring them anywhere near the level splash backs... just fitted the skirting boards and i now realise why people buy a house, knock it down and build another one... it's got to be easier in the long run.

There are no straight edges either in the house fabric or living within.

A few houses near me have indeed been demolished and rebuilt!

 

[Globalti]

Victorian houses are hard work and lots of expense. They didn't seem to bother much with foundations so there are often bits out of alignment. On top of that, the standard of damp proofing and insulation is low because coal was cheap and even modest families could afford to have a maid dashing up and down the stairs attending to the fires, which heated and ventilated the house pretty well.

Drive round any largely agricultural county like Shropshire and you'll realise that a huge proportion of British people are still living in those houses, except that now they can't afford the heating bills. They all ought to be knocked down

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Victorian houses are hard work and lots of expense. They didn't seem to bother much with foundations so there are often bits out of alignment. On top of that, the standard of damp proofing and insulation is low because coal was cheap and even modest families could afford to have a maid dashing up and down the stairs attending to the fires, which heated and ventilated the house pretty well.

These houses are built really badly, but they are lot bigger than modern houses. Mind you, my sister has a new house and it has THREE toilets! We only have one, and with the -in-laws living with us half the week and visiting friends things can get a bit desperate. Fortunately urine is good for the compost heap.

 

[SteCenturion]

Or

More crack than Harlem!

Beyonce's ass.