Stripped render and repointed living room wall.

I removed all the render from the living room wall. The damp was not as bad at the base of this wall near the door though it had rotted out the stringer for the staircase and the timber lintel above the front door. I had to improvise a prop to shore up the lintel.

Once this was done I repointed all masonry joints with lime mortar.

Stripping render and repairing damp damaage in the spare room.

I stripped all the render from the wall in the spare room and found damp damage above the front door lintel and in to next doors chimney flue. All the joints were raked out ready for pointing then the damp damage was repaired.

Stripping render above stairs.

I have decided to take all the render off this wall to find out how much damage the damp has done. I will repair it then decide how to stop it coming in?
I removed all the render in the landing above the stairs and raked out all the joins ready for pointing.

Small Pond in wall Grrr!

Damp damage at base of living room wall. Had to stop in this picture as hole kept refilling with water. Waited for a few dry days then completed repair.