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We put a TV, Radio, DVD unit into the kitchen. It is mounted under a kitchen cupboard where I raised the floor that the unit is pretty much invisible except for when the TV is flipped down. Sound wise it is fine. Is your kitchen / Lounge a single story building or do you have any rooms above...

I insulated most of our outside walls with dry wall dot&dab. If you have the room to do a cavity you can add 100mm dry wall - celotex or Kingspan. I am sure that would be approved by BC.

We did a loft extension. I want to clad our loft wall with tongue and grove boards. I saw it in real life before and it looks good. Apart from B&Q I cannot find many suppliers that seem to be doing tongue and groove boards for walls. Does anyone know any suppliers I an try?

Thanks for the replies. We had a quote and receipts for every work done. The quote does not specify a time period for which we would call the builder back. We did discuss the case of problems after completing the build and I am sure I can remember that he said 5 years. Jeds is the 6 year...

We have a double garage with a large door. The previous owners out it in and we do not have any information about the door! The pivot arm is worn quite badly and I am not sure whether it should have been fitted with heavier brackets in the first place. Anyway sooner or later I will need to...

We had a first floor and roof extension above a garage done. The whole of the roof was rebuild and newly tiled. The roofers were subcontracted by the builder and worked around frosty January 2013 and it was a stop - start business and seemed to take forever - the roofer was off with tooth ache...

Did you have the windows fitted? Have you got details of the fitter/company? If possible go back to them and get details. If the windows were fitted recently they might not comply with regs. When / If you use foam have a spray bottle with water handy. The water sprayed onto the foam will stop...

We have a garage door which came with the house and which has been wearing its hinges thin over time. One problem is that the hinges have moved in the timber holes and have started to tilt sideways which caused the hinge to wear unevenly. It is not completely broken but I want to look for a...

We extended and changed some older DG windows last year for triple glazed timber aluclad tilt and turn ones. Pros: noticeably much warmer and more pleasant near window. Tilt and turn much better functionality. Aluclad - no more painting, Timber - warm feel. Cons: As they are much better...

Check whether you need to repoint the wall.

We have triple glazed Fakro windows. The quality is very good and they work as good as my sisters Velux.

You need to regularly ventilate the rooms.Fully open the windows and allow some air changes. Moisture will get trapped inside the house and condensate on the coldest surfaces. Trickle ventilation does not help, it only cools down the area around the vent.

When we moved into our house we had some windows like yours. I guess a room has been pantry in the past with a drafty metal frame in a wooden frame. I took the metal frame out and siliconed a sealed DG unit in. Some windows with single panes - mainly leaded windows we did not want to loose -...