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Nobody, I'm basing it on the fact that the person who owned the house before us was 94 and the rest of the house has all its original features in place. The neighbours tell us that as far as they know she changed nothing and she had lived here all her life. Would you have a link or at least...

The problem with this is I'd like to keep it original.

Cheers for the advice. So water would soften it allowing me to manipulate it back into place with paste?

Hello, I have an 1879 terrace which has original ceiling work in the hallway. Since we moved in, and added an en suite type room above the hallway, we have seen cracking appearing in the patterned period paper which was on the ceiling. attached are some photos. How would I go about fixing...

Hahaha. Once again, seems obvious when you point it out! I'll put these suggestions to the missus.

Ha! Seems obvious now you point it out... But twice as much? The only difference should be shower time which doubles. Food cooking should be near enough the same... You're probably right. My folks are much lower than us too though. There's no definitive answer. Thanks for the input mate.

It's a friend of mine, who lives a couple of doors down. He cooks with gas, his shower comes off the boiler, he has his heating on 2 hours more than us per day, and lives in exactly the same type of house as us. Thanks for all of your input, I guess there isn't an obvious thing to check like...

I know that it's the same for everyone this year, but double the cost of my neighbour's bills? We are on a dual fuel, online billing and direct debit deal...

Oh right, sorry I should have mentioned I'm looking for a chain that would appear in most towns... that isn't B&Q...

Thanks! I didn't really think much about buying online, which is strange since I buy literally everything else online! I'll take a look...

A simple question, now I've turned my back on B&Q and their rip off prices, I'm interested to know where people get their timber? I'm only looking for domestic quantity, nothing in bulk. The kind of thing I'm looking to do is box pipework in, build cabinets in alcoves etc... Am I looking...

I did consider this, but my showers are 2-3 minutes long, got a bargain on the shower and I fitted myself.

Period was one month and gas readings were submitted by me. It has been over £100 since November, but I guess compares well to yours. Ours is a mid terrace, circa 1870, with double glazing, adequate loft insulation and solid walls.

Loft insulation has been checked and is the regulation depth. Walls are solid so no cavity for insulation unfortunately.

Hi guys, I'm having a bit of a crisis. Our gas bills are twice/three times as high as our neighbours, with exactly the same type housing and insulation. Last month my Gas bill was £105, and the heating was on for 6-8 hours a day. The boiler is a HeatLine Monza 24, and was installed...