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Hi been looking at kitchens for when the time comes in our renovation which hopefully won't be that far away and have seen an advert for stilhaus kitchens these kitchens are thousands of pounds cheaper than everywhere and was wondering if anybody has good or bad experiences with them, been...

Hi im renovating an old farmhouse and am trying to keep as many of the original features as possible which includes all the exposed ceilings and joists between ground and first floors, the problem is is that the floor boards and the ceiling boards are the same boards so hence at the moment...

Hi, I know its an old tread but was wondering how you got on, I need to be doing a similar job to an old farm house on external walls. Built a new house in the last few years and used 2" celotex, would this be enough for the renovation. Cheers Steve

if that fails drill a bigger hole and fill it with anchorfix or something similar, put your rawl plug in and wait , but work quick cos that stuff goes off fast, you could probably hang a filled radiator in under half an hour. the only problem with the 2pac tubes is you tend to waste quite a lot...

been on the roof and its a 6" flue external diameter and it looks as if its 5" internal with insulation in between how could i tell if its a class A or not?

with the cost of solar water (which i have at my current address running with an oil system boiler and my heating bill is half of an equivalent house) i will be putting this in also with the cost of solar pv now half of what it was even though the feed in tariff is half as well i am thinking...

thanks for that, the rayburn has a back boiler on it at the moment but im totally renovating the house and putting in new central heating, plumbing, electrics, pulling up floors to insulate and put down ufh, insulating walls etc etc etc the list is going to get bigger and bigger as it goes on...

hi ive got an old oil burning rayburn in the kitchen which i would like to take out and replace with a multifuel (log) as it costs a fortune to run and logs are free and plentiful! it would be going in the same inglenook whuch already has a flue all the way up to the top of the roof my question...

have moved to the building forum now but cant delete this one

hi not long from now we are going to be making a start on renovating an old farm house, the house has thick stone walls with no insulation. i am looking to put stud walls with celotex or something cheaper in the frame then put plasterboards over the top then get them skimmed. first question is...

hi not long from now we are going to be making a start on renovating an old farm house, the house has thick stone walls with no insulation. i am looking to put stud walls with celotex or something cheaper in the frame then put plasterboards over the top then get them skimmed. first question is...

hi been trying to find out price of external stone wall insulation but not having any luck, i know it involves a lot of work and rendering on top etc but has anybody had it done and is it any good. i could do all internal walls but that would be a major project in itself and on the outside of...

hi does anybody have any ideas if there are any grants available for doing up an old farmhouse, it needs plumbing, wiring, damp proofing, central heating etc the house is in wales and is a couple of hundred years old, its got to be done but if there is any financial help it would obviously...

nope nothing at all

its not directly linked to the farm its a farmhouse nearly on the side of the road, the farm is way away behind the farm and gardens

hi would i need planning permission to change a farmhouse from a single dwelling into 2 seperate apartments. it would not mean putting in extra stairs or toilet/shower rooms but it would mean putting in an extra kitchen. The house would be able to be used as the single dwelling that it is now...

i jumped the gun a bit and missed the obvious, when i realised that it was after the weekend when we had about 30 kids running round the house and garden that the boiler started playing up. just checked all oil lines and realised that even tho i was getting oil to the bleed nipple it wasn't a...

hi my warmflow boiler has started locking out after running for a few minutes, during the time it runs the outlet gets hot (nearly to hot to grab) then just before the boiler stops the burner noise changes tune slightly to a deeper noise that sounds like its struggling a bit, then the burner...

hi im looking to swap the car for a van, something like a transit connect, does anybody have any idea what sort of price these or similar sell for at auction? there are loads and loads of them going through the auctions i know that i would have vat and auction fees etc to pay on top but am...

had a rough estimate from a localish supplied and laid for about £20 for 75mm