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Ps .. can youuse insulation board under carpet or is that just weird?

Hi Robin. Thanks for your help. We cant do external as its a really really large property and the costs are too prohibitive. Re the Pir , couple of questions if i may. ? Does it just adhere to the walls or need batons ? Also if i put it on the external wall of the ‘junk room’, which IS an...

I will measure tomoz and let you know. I reckon they are about 9 though. I understand although am not certain, they did two layers of bricks one facing one way, one another, right next to each other. Good idea re curtains. Thanks

Ooh. Ok, So not much i could do or even want to do, or even have the budget to do re the walls. Point taken about the doors though, plus i dont want to feel like i am ‘stepping up’ from the hall into another room. It looks like thin insulation may br the way forward then, even if it doesnt do much!

Oh, the new windows have those in, thats good. I just imagined some kind of insulation might be good under the carpet cos concrete floors are freezing.

Ooh yes, no insulation as they didnt have cavity walls in those days , its a downstairs room but the house has a normal tile roof on.

Hi there. No the floor is not damp at all. Its just cold despite a big rad. We are having double glazing put in in march and thought while i was at it i would look at this option. Theres a teeny weeny room next to it where i basically store ‘stuff’ and where the actual outside wall is on the...

Good morning I live in a house built around 1949. I have a room that faces north which I use as an office which is blinking freezing. It has a concrete floor and Its ready to have the carpet changed. I’ve heard you could put insulation under the carpet, although it cant be too high because i...

Thankyou, acid etch primer it is then, followed by no heated paint of some sort. I am very grateful for all your help.

Okay, so I just put a fridge magnet on it, and its not magnetises, so it looks like its copper. There was an old copper topped table to match which has now left the building.

Oh thanks, i will get a magnet from amazon. Theres horrible bolty things holding it on, like giant drawing pin lookalikeys. Yes the extraction fan runs behind it and the pipe goes along the wall on the left into the great outdoors.

Thankyou, is there some kind of special primer and paint to use? Does it have to be heat proof? not bothered about scrap value, i cant tell you how much i hate it! Having daid that , just saw an advert for 16k for a copper hood!! Who on earth would pay that!

I have a revolting coker hood. Having new kitchen next year but cant bear to look at it a minute longer. Could it be painted at all please? (Or any other idea?) Thanks

Update, I emailed to camcel pointing out that they originally said ‘fully insured’. They wrote back a quite apologetic email saying that although they are fully insured they dont like to make claims (?!), therefore wanted a disclaimer. The good news is, they sent my deposit straight back. As you...

Thanks Woody. Because he is so abrupt, and as he got so nasty, so quickly when I asked if he’d be coming to make sure scaffolders put plywood downfirst (like his partner who came to see me initially said they would) and then came up with a disclaimer, I have declined anyway, and dont think I...

Oh I see. Thats a great idea! Thanks ever so much.

They have just sent me the disclaimer!

Thankyou both. Think i was dazzled by the credentials ‘accredited by the councils trading standards team’ sounded really impressive. i am so pleased you mentioned instincts and feelings having importance….it is just that, his partner was lovely who came first, but despite of credentials this...

Where woud the beams go please?

Thanks datarebal, where would you put the beams?