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Sorry, you asked about my insulation. As far as I've been able I've put in 12 to 13 inches throughout.

Thanks Ken for your long answer. I'll have a look at Floors, stairs and lofts section, as you suggest. As regards no.1, I do open the window after having a bath, usually for more than 5 minutes and I also have an extractor fan going while I'm in the bath but it still takes much longer for the...

I take your point about ventilation in the loft and I'm in the process of getting a roofer to put vented roof tiles and/or vented eaves trays in my roof. However, I'm not sure about your assertion that CH doesn't extract moisture from the air. I'm thinking of the things people say about CH...

I've got a problem with condensation in my loft and I was wondering whether having central heating on throughout the house, as opposed to just using a gas fire downstairs, would increase condensation in the loft or decrease it. I'm an OAP and live on my own and therefore I try to cut down on...

Ok, thank you for that.

I've got a condensation problem in my loft, right near the eaves of a low pitch roof (about 25°). I was thinking of putting in vented eaves trays and/or vented roof tiles to increase the air flow and hopefully reduce the condensation. 1. Are vented eaves trays worth installing? 2. Can a vented...

Perhaps I should have mentioned that I used a split klick washer to centralize the tap. Anyway, as you say, using some silicone won't harm.

Hello mate, I spoke too soon! When I checked again there was a very slight leak still. So I've tightened it more and checked again, still slight leak, tightened a bit more, still a bead of water, tightened a bit more, still the same. So now I've got it as tight as I can get it and still there's...

I think you gave me a good tip there Madrab when you said don't overtighten. I think that might have been the problem from when I originally fitted the tap. This time I just tightened until the the tap wouldn't move and then gave the backnut an extra 1/4 turn. Then threw water over the tap but...

Thanks Madrab.

Thanks gigz.

I've just found that water is leaking from the kitchen sink into the cupboard below. It's leaking from where the hot tap is, so I've taken it off and am just replacing it with a new washer. The washer is smooth on one side and has little raised lugs on the other. Could someone advise please on...

I recently took down the ceiling in my small back bedroom. Before putting up the new plasterboard I put celotex (like kingspan) insulation boards between the joists. Where the roof slopes down near the eaves there is only a 2 inch gap between the top of the joist and the roof underfelt, so at...

Thanks mate.

Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for that but I think the fact that it expands and pushes the sk bd away from the wall might create a few problems for me so I'll probably go for Gripfill or something similar.

Thanks for that. I'll keep off Gripfill!

I've just had some plastering done around my living room chimney breast and the skirting boards had to be removed. I've repapered this wall right down to the floor and I now want to put skirting boards round. I'm intending to use something like Pinkgrip, Gripfill or No More Nails to stick the...