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My house was built in the late 1960’s, it has cavity walls of Cotswold stone outside and breeze block inside. One lounge wall has a fireplace built of Cotswold stone bricks, they are of irregular sizes but nominally 8” x 5” x 3”, the actual chimney stack is built outside the house. The...

Bernard, Before I fitted the gaskets the bottom of the base was open, the condensation was very bad. The plastic globes have their opening facing down onto the base, do you think a small hole in the top of the globe would let the warm air out before condensation forms? Rod

I've recently fitting 230V outside lights down my drive, they are plastic globes on one metre high poles off the ground. In this cold weather the plastic globes are continually filling up with condensation. I've fitted the suppliers 'optional' rubber gaskets to seal the plastic globe to the...

Thanks I'll give it a try Rod

I'm just replacing the window boards in my conservatory and have found the cavity dwarf wall under the windows is empty. I would like to insulate it whilst I've got the window boards off, but with what? I can't slide insulation boards in because of the wall ties and the cavity varies in size...

My conservatory is roofed with triple layer polycarbonate sheets, and is to hot in the summer. I want to paint the inside of the roof with textured emulsion paint to reduce the glare from the sun. Will the paint damage the polycarbonate sheeting in any way? Thanks for any advice. Rod

The previous owner of my house painted the rendering white on the front of the house, then continued on and painted the Cotswold stone edging white as well! (He named it the 'White House') I want to restore the Cotswold stone by removing the paint, which I think was masonry paint. I've tried...

My Zanussi Turbodry 1200 washer/dryer has started sounding like a 747 landing on the spin cycle. I've put my hand in the drum and it can be lifted up and down at the back. Could this be the drum bearing requires replacement? If so, can someone please give me an idea of the complexity involved...

I need to add an additional radiator in a ground floor extension to my house, the rest of the two story house is plumbed in 15mm copper pipe with the boiler on the first floor. Can I add the extra radiator using small bore piping? Will doing this possibly upset the balance of the system? Any...