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I'm extending the kitchen, which has a solid concrete flood, and wanted a bit of advice. The current floor is the original victorian one, so no dpc etc. Should I dig up the existing floor and lay a new floor for the whole room? Or Should I just put a new floor down to the same level in the...

Hello all, I'm about to rip out my old bathroom suit/tiling etc and renew, however as it currently stands the bathroom suffers from a lot of condensation based damp on the 2 external walls. (victorian single skin walls) I was wondering what people thought of my plan, and whether it will cure...

On the rear of my victorian house is what use to be coal shed/outside toilet. The exterior doors have been bricked up & a door has been added for internal access to create a utility, the internal ceiling height is currently 2.2m. The roof is in need of replacing and I was hoping that...

I mentioned in my previous post that our new house was rather cold throughout winter & I'm trying to improve the outlook for next winter. We have a through living/dining room and at both the front and rear of the house there are rather drafty vents, ones that don't appear on any of the other...

Having lived through a rather chilly first winter in our new home I'm making it a priority this summer to tackle the loft insulation, or more precisely the lack of loft insulation. We live in a late victorian, mid terrace house which was constructed without roofing felt; as was the norm in...