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Thanks for all the replies, looking at the points that have been made, there is no way i would be putting a vent in the living room, what a handy device that would be in winter time. Building a chimney sounds a good idea which would certainly open up the choice of fire but we dont have the...

We are just about to replace a living room gas fire which is a balanced flue type. The house was built in 1980 has cavity walls and does not have a chimney. The question i have is this the only type of gas fire we can have installed.

Steve, are you sure the halogens arnt the cause or are contrbuting in some way to the condensation.

ban-all-sheds, asked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_clamp Dont know how upto date the info is though.

Isnt that what i said, less heat less condensation Thanks for the tips by the way, i will be putting either these http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLALC724.html or doing the plasterboard box thing. Well someone else will :)

It wont, but im working on the assumption less heat less condensation.

flameport, the halogens are in a bedroom so they protrude through the ceiling into the loft. The insulation has been removed around each light in approx an 12" circle to save us being torched in our beds as we sleep. So lots of very hot air going into the loft from the wretched halogens plus the...

Simple the halogens x 6 are 20w each, LED,s will be around 2w to 3w per unit max for 6 = 18w = massive heat reduction.

Doesnt coopersim mean 78 LED per bulb for want of a better word. Just looking at converting to LED,s from halogen due to a loft condensation problem. So coopersim how bad was the light reduction.

Thanks garyn, i will give that a go.

Thanks JohnD, i will get someone to take a look in the loft. I know there is a condensation problem up there this started after the installation of six halogen downlights in my sons bedroom. Its not only the heat from them but the large gap in the insulation around them, they are not my idea of...

I have enclosed pictures of black mould on a bedroom ceiling, no matter what i do it keeps coming back. The last time it was removed it was done with watered down bleach then rinsed and painted over. Previously its been removed with that spray from diy stores I think its called antifungal or...

I still have this problem ( a year gone by and its still not done, tut tut ) so thanks for the input puggy, that sounds a good idea with the piping. I think the things that are causing my problem are six halogen downlights in my sons bedroom, rubbish light output and rotting my roof timbers as...

OK thanks, i will have a look round and see what's available. If i cant find anything local i can always get the one you gave the link to at toolstation. I would have got back to you sooner but my pc had a problem.

Thanks , but how do you get it to reverse, do you have to take the lock to bits and turn the latch over.

I am wondering if the old type of Yale lock the one with a snip on it and usually brass, that was fitted to most doors prior to double glazing can be reversed. I have a shed with an outwards opening door and i wanted to fit a Yale lock to it but they only seem to be for inwards opening doors...

Thanks, job done today. I never done it myself, my son did. you were right about the orange peel effect but going over it with a brush was not needed. What we found was that if you let it dry for a short while then go over it with the roller, with a feather touch. The orange peel look goes.

I bought a mini roller, its about 4" wide it came with two rollers one is foam and the other is like a sheepskin type of thing. Which will be the best for doing a flat door and its frame with gloss. Here is a picture [/img]

I have a loft ladder that sits on a new piece of 3/4" play which is about 3 fooot x 4 foot. When it was lifted up the other day there was a white powdery look and a bit of blackness, this was were it touches the fibrerglass insulation between the joists. The ply has been down about 12 months...

I have only just looked at this post, i forgot about it. So thanks for the advice and sorry for the eternity it has took me to reply.