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We're completely refurbishing our house and am planning on externally insulating our solid walls, and there will also be significant extensions with new cavity walls and I want to make sure the windows match in each wall (i.e. don't want the windows in the insulated walls to be set back approx...

Just after some advice on insulating and damp proofing an existing concrete floor and putting a wet underfloor heating system down. Even though we're rebuilding a large proportion of the bungalow and putting on a new roof (forming a 1.5 storey property), due to planning reasons I can't lose...

Thanks gissle. I have thought about temporary ventilation but the wife isn't keen as we have no heating in the bungalow and it easily gets down to 10 degrees in the habited rooms over night - she doesn't want anything else making it colder. This morning was very wet - around -4 outside last...

Hello, We've got a fairly nasty damp problem in our bungalow with black mould growing on the wall. The exterior walls are solid with no cavity (bricks are placed lengthways and then to tie to second skin at every other course - for example they look like this: ___ _ ___ if that makes...

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We're planning on doing this to our bungalow. The reason we chose the bungalow was due to the great plot, great location and damn reasonable purchase price. We're currently having plans drawn up and are speaking to a structural engineer once the plans are done. We intend to turn the current...

I'm after a bit of advice to do with our damp floors and a new underfloor heating system. We've just bought a late 1950's bungalow which has concrete floors with a damp problem and slight slab subsidence. The walls are fine and solid with no cracks or signs of movement, but the floors have...