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Since you're a plumber, let me know when you've a brown patch on the floor as I'm a sewage worker !

Before proceeding on this bandwagon, you need an independent building surveyor. But, as the insulation firm you selected seem highly professional, further pursuit is likely a waste of time as the vented cavity is there to stop dampness rotting your timber floors. Try all other remedies first...

Take approx measurements of the patch from a datum point downstairs but which can be located in the 1st floor area of the leak ( eg house or dividing wall ) . Locate the rough area of the leak upstairs and you'll likely find it's a leaking shower or bath waste. Don't replace boards until you've...

This is the OP. The 1st respondent's advice is probably about as near perfect as one can get. He has tackled the under-radding by proposing that insulation be added and this can be done. The Vaillant's weather controller, which modulates the burner, might well allow opitimum condensing in a...

The above is installed in a 5-bed house to 1996 regs in Northumberland ( no cavity wall insulation. 15 rads, all single convectors ). The house scored 90 on the SAPS test but design heat load in a dormer room over garage is way undervalued. By installing a rad 3 times original output, design...