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Thanks. Turns out the exterior paintwork is allowing water to soak through.. that's why the wood is so cold to the touch inside.

Hi Blup, Many thanks - I suppose my main question was trying to understand why these areas of wood might be so cold as to cause the condensation in the first place. No other room in our house forms condensation on the wooden areas of the windows. The wood is sometimes colder than the glass!

Hello, Grateful for any help with this. We have this old Oriel window in an 1830s property which has been retrofitted with Iroko double glazed units. It has a triangle shaped block of Kingspan built into the underside and the inside of the projecting platform has also been insulated as it was...

Um, I washed the bare plaster several days beforehand with sugarsoap and then plain water. The base coat advises watering down for a first coat and states 1:4 ratio + allow 6-9 hours drying time. The Diamond Matt advises the same although a 4-6 hour drying time. ...

Wow.. never knew that 'too smooth' plaster would be a problem - there I was thinking my plasterer did a fabulous job. I washed down the walls several times so there's definitely no dust. Am I supposed to distress the walls first or something? Thanks for the help - I've gone with watered down...

Ok... let me tell you what I've done so far: I had my hallway skimmed because the plaster was very damaged. 2 weeks later I mixed a 1:4 solution of Homebase Base Coat paint and painted it on. 1 week later (ie tonight) I've rollered on the first coat of Dulux Diamond Matt and in a lot of...

Hi, I recently wired some underfloor heating via a fused spur to a single socket in my kitchen. However, looking at this forum, I'm confused as to whether I should have done so. The single socket had the following running to it: 2 x Live (Black) with 3 rigid copper strands in each; 2 x...

Thanks for responding.. I've liaised with the residents in our building and found nothing.. it's semi-detached (4 flats on the right hand side, 4 on the left with an entrance on each side) Are you saying that there could be a joint water tank for all 8 flats which is in the roof of the...

Ok.. here's what we're trying to figure out: I live in the basement of a Victorian conversion. There are 4 flats and the main supply pipe enters the building through my flat. There is water permanently flowing through this pipe. 3pm, 3am, always. This is very annoying. There also appears...