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Thanks guys, the brown caulk seems to work well, although it looks disgusting on your hands! Using blue masking tape to protect the floor and skirting makes life a lot easier.

Update on this is that I have almost finished installing 120mm of Kingspan Thermafloor TF70 between the joists of the suspended floor. I've also started to seal the gaps under the skirting board with brown decorator caulk and have put radiator reflector on the wall. I have graphs of the...

I am trying to insulate a cold room in a 1900s house that has drafts coming up from a cavity beneath. The floors have been stripped and there is large gap under the skirting board that is about 5-8mm high and goes back about 20-50mm. I want to prevent the air from coming up from the cavity...

Nothing better than a new gadget! Have to confess that I bought a fancy meter with infrared and thermocouple (wanted one for a long time... don't ask). After lots of testing, it seems most likely that the bay window and the uninsulated ceiling are to blame. The ceiling above the radiator...

Yes - 200mm, I occasionally get stuck in cm. Thanks for the thermocouple tip; bought one of these and have a few readings. Boiler exit pipe: 70C when boiler set to 6/6 Boiler return pipe: 65C Radiator Lounge In: 70C Radiator Lounge Out: 67C Room Temperature: 17C Outside...

Thanks Agile, Understand your confusion on the cellar - half the house is cellar, the other half (under the lounge and dining room) is a 3-4 foot void with rubble. Thanks for the tip about 50mm, I might go ahead with this but not looking forward to the many hours spend crawling around. My...

I've been having similar issues in a similar room and house. I'm seeing only 1 degree C rise per hour. E.g. 15C start to 18c in 3 hours with very mild 11C outside. Interestingly it takes about 10 hours to go back to 15C after the heating is switched off - so can't be entirely due to...