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I have installed a set of led wire and track lights however since installing them the circuit breaker trips 1 in 5 times or so that the lights actually get activated (the circuit breaker only started tripping after these new lights were installed). At first I assumed there was a loose...

Ok so I live in an old semi detached cottage (circa 1860s) and the loft runs straight through from my house into the neighbours. I want to build a stud wall using fireproofed plasterboard but was wondering whether this needs to be run past building control? Many thanks for any suggestions N.

So I thought this would be a relatively straightforward job. It would appear not... A vertical crack has developed on the face of the house from the windows sill on the first floor down to the porch. It is mirrored on the internal wall in the bedroom. I am pretty positive it is caused by...

I have just posted one question about working on my floor, but this is the second conundrum which is of a different vain and so I thought I would post it as a new topic. So, my lounge and kitchen is open plan wiht the kitchen being tiled and the lounge will eventually be carpeted. I have...

Hello all, So I have embarked on what can only be described as a naively ambitious project in my damp ridden cornish cottage. The end however is in sight but before that I need to screed the floor. My question is, I plan to put in 70mm screed and then finish off with a SLC. I have read...

Hello all, Still researching installing UFH in my lounge area. What I wanted to know is if anyone had connected up an UFH manifold to a combi boiler and just how tricky this is? I have a combi boiler and radiator system, so the UFH heating will be integrated into the existing system. I...

Quite a broad question I know but... So I am in the planning process of digging up my lounge floor and installing a concrete slab and insulation etc. I have decided I may as well install UFH at this point (as I currently have radiators already in situ) however I wanted to know what makes or...

Hi I am planning on replacing the living room floor with a concrete slab and insulation etc (we are renovating the house). The wife wants to carpet the area (16m sq) when all is done and I just wanted to know if anyone had installed underfloor heating in a carpeted area and whether it was...

Hello, So I am in the midst of what has now turned into a renovation project of a cornish cottage and am looking at doing up the lounge area. We are planning on taking off all the internal concrete render and plaster from the walls, re pointing everything in lime mortar and then re...

Ok well as the title suggests we want to remove the internal concrete render that has been put on all of the internal walls of our 1860s Cornish cottage. The wall itself comprises of a layer of plaster, then about an inch thick layer of cement render, under which is a rubble wall with...

Hello all, Currently in the process of re pointing my entire gable end wall, after which I plan to lime render it. The question I have is can I render it in portions or does it really need to be all at once? Basically I have split the wall in to thirds for pointing it (bottom, middle, top)...

Hi Recently I had a drainage channel put in around the outside of my house. It is made of concrete and should have water proofer through it. We have just had our first decent rainfall since the work was carried out and I noticed that the concrete channel is two shades,one light where it...

Hello all, I live in an old Cornish cottage and have just got round to installing an extractor fan for the bathroom. It is an in line fan that is situated in the loft above the bathroom and is fixed to an old chimney breast that runs up through the house and through the bathroom. The...

Good morning all, We have a combi boiler CH and HW system in our house, and everything seems to work fine. We get hot water and heating, but the pressure on the boiler, despite being topped up numerous times keeps dropping from 1 bar (manufacturers recommended pressure) to 0 (it takes about...

Hi, I moved into an old Cornish cottage in April this year and as the weather gets worse, suprise suprise the walls have started to get some serious damp. The house is built directly onto the granite below and there are no foundations. Additionally there is no drainage, and the garden at...