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Have a good size room under the bungalow built 1939 ( Lawrence Style- Glasgow ) which I intend to make into a room for my kids. Only 2m high but has already had floor concreted with DPM but has the gas boiler in the corner. Cavity wall on one side only with new DG window and air brick...

Whats the latest regs on locating a boiler in a basement. I've got the Baxi HE133 combi already in the basement with flue going out of the wall. I want to create this into a proper room with studs/drywall /insulation etc. Was going to box off the boiler in a cupboard but can I do that these...

Going to convert my basement into a play room for my young kids. My house a 1930s bungalow in Glasow is on a slope and access is from outside only via the old coal store? It was already partially converted years ago with a concrete floor which is still dry and has a DPM through it. Electrics...

The house is on a slope and I have a walk in basement at the back and can almost crouch/stand every where else. But no way I could transfer hot tar around under there. Got too much retaining walls to climb through. I was thinking of using Black Jack liquid DPM anyway as cold and in tin? At...

Thanks. That clears up whats going on under my floor. But where can you buy cold tar. Hopefully it comes in 25ltr cans.

I haven't really dug right down under this tar material until I hit concrete. Best way to describe it is like black toffee...? But in some places its quite damp but maybe thats coming through the concrete below. No idea how this house foundation was built and what all this black stuff is...

My 1939 bungalow in Glasgow has some sort of tar damproofing on the foundation floor?? I'm trying to figure out how to stop the dampness as all this stuff is either missing and patches or has gone soft and cracked - especially where it meets the walls. I suspect when built this was just...

Have a 1930's bungalow with a dorset pea pebbledash full of cracks. Intend to clean and seal before painting. Would a PVA/water 5:1 mix give me a good bond? Or should I buy a specialist sealer? From reading these forums I'm going for dulux trade weatherseal smooth paint but I have seen the...

Sounds good but how do I insulate underneath and do I need some type of diffuser plate? Worried that the heat will not be directed into the floor above.

I have a small ensuite with no room for a radiator with a tiled fllor. I want to fit underfloor heating directly under the floorboards to cover approx 2m sq. Does anyone know if I can just take this directly off the combi ( supply or return? ) and where can I find the really flexible hose and...

Thanks. Thats what I thought would be the best option as the ceiling is high. The original isolation was quite thin rockwool I think under the felt? Do I need to leave an air gap between the kingspan and the original painted ceiling? Or can it be flush? Would using isulating plasterboard as...

My 1930s house has a flat roofed garage converted into a bathroom and bedroom. Both cold rooms. I need to insulate the bedroom first but don't know what the best option is? Thinking of using thickest kingspan type material on the ceilings but do you attach it with wooden bats? And can you...