I am waiting for some DIY TV programme to ring me and ask if they can fix them for me!! Ha ha ha. Can you imagine - they could base a whole series on the things that need doing.
Oh yes, and the shed roof needs re-felting. It has a bit of plastic bin liner type stuff on it at the moment and has done for over 2 years now. And it needs a new door as it is so warped, there is a huge gap where the wet gets in.
And the rainwater doesn't go down the gutter as one of the brackets has broken (and I had that fixed at the same time as the bathroom)
Patching up the wallpaper is a bit like tidying the deck chairs on the Titanic as it slowly slips under the sea. But whatever gets you through the day I guess.
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oh Helen you do seem to be having problems but they sound familiar. My mother had all sorts of problems with her house - she had a new roof (guaranteed for the life time of the roofer), got the back chimney removed, new guttering, replaced flashing etc ... and still there was a permanent damp patch in the living room which stubbornly didn't dry out and seemed to get worse. Turns out the plaster was perished and any dampness (from drying the washing indoors or cooking) would settle on that patch. I wonder if that is similar to your bathroom "leak"?
You missed the boat Steve, I asked that on previous page.
Have your gutters been cleaned out PPenn? If they are not cleaned out regularly then the water will go up the eave lines of the roof and down the walls of the house.
Have you tried painting the stains with pva glue by any chance?
That is some movement on your walls too if looking at the picture rail is anything to go by. Did the movement start before the earthquake the other year or has it happened since that?
Sorry lots of questions, but I really am trying to help you. It makes me soooo mad when cowboy roofers/plumbers or anyone for that matter rip people off. It is just not on!
'If' said brown mark is dry and no longer wet it should help prevent the brown mark from coming (by acting as a sealant which is cheaper than what you buy 'for the job') through the new paint surface but, if if it is still damp it wont, you do have to take off the wallpaper first though and paint onto ceiling.
We have been advising this for years with doing the roofing work, or another way like someone mentioned before is to draw round brown mark to monitor if the stain is getting worse. We have been back on occassions to so called damp patches that were not, if you get my jist. Not saying that PPenn has not still got a leak though.
you do seem to be having problems but they sound familiar. My mother had all sorts of problems with her house - she had a new roof (guaranteed for the life time of the roofer), got the back chimney removed, new guttering, replaced flashing etc ... and still there was a permanent damp patch in the living room which stubbornly didn't dry out and seemed to get worse. Turns out the plaster was perished and any dampness (from drying the washing indoors or cooking) would settle on that patch. I wonder if that is similar to your bathroom "leak"?
Thought you were gonna say it would seal.................... but you didn't 
