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    Making my heating more efficient

    Hi, I have a 3-bed bungalow with LPG-fired heating, a 20-year old system with hot water tank. It works well, but I feel it could be more efficient, and the price of LPG is pretty painful. The house has approx 20cm of loft insulation and it's timber-framed. The wood-framed double glazing is 20...
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    Create a vestibule with partition wall - planning?

    Hi, I have a bungalow with front door leading onto large L-shaped hall. I would like, for reasons of convenience and insulation, to put a partition wall across the hall approximately 2 metres in from the front door, thus creating a sort of entrance hall/vestibule. Is this something I'd...
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    Size of generator required for power cut backup?

    Hi, Thanks for any help offered in advance! Where I live is quite remote and we typically suffer 2-3 48-hour power cuts a year (we are on a spur line which is fragile and exposed, apparently). As I have 2 young kids and a cold-sensitive wife, our main issues with these outages are a)...
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    Gas fire in house with no flue

    Hi, hope someone can help me as we're getting a little confused! We just moved out into the country after having out first baby and we love it. However, we now have an LPG gas supply, fed from a tank. After the weekend's storms, we found ourselves without electricity and heating, and had to...
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