Q I am buying a house and the surveyor has stated that the damp-proof course is bridged by render. He found no signs of damp anywhere in the house. Do I need to worry? He suggests the render should be ...

Tom Brown paid £1,300 for a new damp course protecting two outside walls of his house. The work involved injecting the bricks with a proofing agent, fitting a membrane and re-plastering and was done ...