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Hello all, I am laying a patio outside a set of French doors/ windows. The house is pretty old (1856) so the doesn't appear to be a DPC. I have a number of issues that I need to sort but the main area I am looking for advice on is to do with drainage. Issues: Historically I have had damp...

Hello, The pressure in my heating system rises from 0.5 bar to over 2 bar when the system is hot. And can drop from 1 bar to 0.5 and down to zilch in half a day! I had initially noticed that the system was losing pressure and had to top up frequently (every few days). I initially changed the...

Hello, I am in the process of insulating the walls in my kitchen and am wondering what to do with the chimney breast. For the main walls I am adding furring strips with 25 mm insulation in between and 25mm insulated plasterboard fixed on top. For the chimney breast can it be plasterboarded...

I have been trying to research through forums etc for a while and have still yet to come up with a clear 'best' solution. I appreciate some of this has been asked before by I have some specific questions I want to internally insulate the external walls in my kitchen (each 7m by 3.5m). The...