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Thanks guys, yes the flooring was left in the lounge for a number of weeks to acclimatise prior to fitting. It makes sense that hot weather causes the floor to shrink rather than expand. As the floor has definitely expanded, does this imply damp (or water-leak) is the problem? Obviously this...

Thanks for all responses. Noticed that the silicone bead around the perimeter of the room has not moved at all which implies to me that the silicone is preventing the floor expanding into the gap beneath the skirting and hence causing the buckling. This floor was laid a number of weeks ago with...

Lower, I think you may be correct - thanks

Hi, I appear to have confused everyone...... There is an expansion gap around the perimeter of the floor under the skirting which should be adequate to cater for thermal movement. The builder has put a bead of silicon to fill the gap between the underside of the skirting and the floor to make it...

Just had a new engineered wood floor fitted in my lounge. For whatever reason, after re-plastering the walls the builder decided to re-fix the skirtings prior to the floor being fitted leaving an incorrect gap to take the underlying ply, underlay and engineered floor. The builder decided to...

Thanks, just one more Q.... The rear of the kitchen units which were originally against this wall to be insulated were removed and a bit black and mankey after about 8 years which suggests to me a cold wall with condensation. Should I attach the 50mm Kingspan board directly to the unplastered...

Hi, Thanks for the info but I think my question was mis-understood.... My kitchen currently has all plaster removed. Should I replace the plaster first and fix insulation boards on the new plaster or simply fix insulation to the existing brickwork. I'm just a bit concerned the brickwork needs...

Thanks for all the useful info.... Should I replace the plaster before fixing the king span and plaster board? Would it make it a better job?? Just a bit scared that the brickwork is a bit too flakey and porous to leave as it is. Thanks

Hi, Thanks for that.... Currently the kitchen has all the plaster removed from the solid brick external walls which are very cold and porous. I’m thinking of battening out the walls on dpc and attaching 50mm thick insulated plaster board. Any thoughts on this spec and what making good (if any)...

Hi, thanks for the response. At the moment its looking like I go for insulation to the majority of the external solid walls and forget the underfloor heating to the tiles in the kitchen.

Hi, I have a 1890's house with solid walls which is currently gutted following a major pipe burst. I am considering internal drylining to the external walls in an effort to make the house a bit warmer. The builder who's refitting the house believes it would make more sense to put underfloor...

Hi, I have 2 internal damp patches on the walls near the ceiling in my small bedroom. The largest patch is on the chimney stack with the other on the opposite wall. My house is an 1890 semi with solid brick construction. I’ve been on the roof and there is no obvious place of where damp is...

Thanks Joe, that is what I thought. I notice the upstairs walls have been patched with render from floor to a point about half way up the window. Strangely, the damp on the inside reflects pretty accurately where the new render has been applied. My limited knowledge thinks that this could be a...

Hi I have a problem with penetrating damp in each of my south facing solid brick upstairs walls, the problem has been far worse this year due to the extremely bad weather. The external wall is pebble dash rendered and there are no cracks visible which could allow damp through, even around the...

Hi, Looked at the number to the rear of the thermostat. Mine reads HBV 004619. Grateful if anybody can advise me of its age from these numbers. Many thanks.