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Thanks for the reply WoodYouLike. It looks like the skirting boards are in their original position and the wooden floor was laid (i.e. afterwards) with no expansion gap. I'm not sure if that was common practice at the time (guessing 20 years ago, before we were in the house!!!)... The...

We have a wooden floor on the ground-floor of our house: plywood backing with a veneer of real wood (oak), tongue and groove edges. Probably 20 years old. Laid over concrete (in kitchen) and timber floor (dining room, hall etc). 2 problems. 1. Hall and kitchen are looking knackered!! I...

Had an old central heating system with lots of problems (e.g. bathroom radiator needed regular bleeding). Just had it updated 1) to a sealed system 2)new Ariston boiler 3)all radiators replaced 4)new hot water tank i.e. all thats left of the old system is the pipework beneath the floors. After...