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Ive added a halfway step to the entrance walkway to my conservatory as the step was quite high (280mm). I'm now planning to recarpet the room but I'm unsure on the best way to carpet the new step. Obviously I would like minimal joins in any place but by preference, I would like the entire step...

I understand there will be no benefit from insulating the internal walls. Re: boiler - no idea? The house was neither a fixer-upped nor flipped. Is just in a good state of repair with very little to do. Don't have any history on the house, will chat with the neibours soon though. Mortgage...

Hi Vinn, Yes they are internal walls, which have rooms either side. They also appear on the joining wall between next door (semi detatched). The cracks don't appear on any of the internal walls that are joined with the external wall (front,back,gabel end) I know the person we bought the house...

Thanks for your advice!

Ok, after a further investigation it seems there are no plasterboards, just the solid walls skimmed. So what are my options? Don't want to pay ££'s for this to happen again next winter. Thanks

When you say the plaster has come away from the surface, you mean the dabs have come away from the solid wall or the skim has come away from the front of the board?

Thanks. I'm 99% sure. I don't have a great deal of experience with plastering but the internal walls are solid, so the boards must be dabbed onto the wall? Where the cracks are, tapping sounds very hollow but in other places around the wall where to dabs are as its gives a solid noise when tapped.

I've had a good read around the internet and this forum. I'd like a bit of confirmation on my findings from someone that knows a bit more than I do. I've only been in my new house a month and over the past few days, since the cold has set in a load of hairline cracks have appeared on the...