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    Chilly room, worth insulating underneath?

    Currently renovating a small 2.4m x 2.4m room I'm planning tun into an office, trouble is it's pretty chilly. Is it worth my time insulating under the floors (suspended timber floor, two air bricks nearby) or is this largely going to be a drop in the ocean compared to the two external walls and...
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    Plasterboard under roof tiles - potential damp issue?

    Googling around it's reasonably common up here in Scotland apparently! It's obviously been up there a good while, but can't tell if the damp spots are a big concern at this point or not when the rest is dry.
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    Plasterboard under roof tiles - potential damp issue?

    We're just hitting first snow of the winter in our 1970's bungalow and I've noticed what look to be wet/damp spots on the plasterboard in the roof space as it's melted away. Beams etc all look to be dry. A bit of an unusual place to find plasterboard (not sure if there's also some sort of...
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    Will rendering/patching fix this or will it re-occur?

    We live in a 70's build with a flat roof kitchen extension and are getting around to looking at options for the external render, which has blown in one corner in particular. My question is, if we get this knocked back and re-rendered will that likely fix for a reasonable amount of time, or are...
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