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Try a local pool/spa/hot tub distributor. 25Kg Sodium bicarbonate bags should be about £25, used for water treatment...

"Brilliant white paint" may not be the best route to go - the "brilliant" part (brightness enhancers) may actually absorb some very short wavelengths and re-radiate at lower wavelengths - in other words, they contain fluorescent pigments to enhance the whiteness. This will also have a cost in...

Rabbit urine makes a mess of almost all types of wood when the urine produces ammonia and the alkali dissolves the cellulose, with softening of the wood and dark staining resulting. The alkali will also react with any natural oils that have been used to treat the wood. Scrape off any deposits...

It appears that the ground level of the hard standing at the front has been built up to the airbricks. These bricks are to provide through ventilation to the underfloor space. The original DPC is likely to be in the mortar course between the top of the airbrick and the course above...

There is a small range of collet sizes to accommodate different sized shanks. You can also purchase a chuck which is adjustable. I find it useful to have a corded Dremel original and a battery powered cheap alternative for jobs that are not convenient for corded tools. The accessories and...

d) wash off the matt paint with a little detergent in water and a sponge scourer, wipe off with a clean damp cloth, then wipe dry with paper towels?

You could hire a wind machine from the Snowboy special effects people, and make friends with all the neighbours :) http://www.snowboy.co.uk/MEDIA/Wind%20Machines%20-%20April%202011.pdf

Teak oil is good, no problem.

From the top down, corner to corner, one wall at a time. It is not difficult to trim the final piece along the skirting, much harder across the ceiling the other way around.

Teak is an oily heavy heart wood and usually has a brown to yellow ochre colour, with occasional darker brown bands, and tends to shed water, due to oils, not a reddish open texture wood (damp remains in pores) as your images appear to show. Your wood is probably Meranti, also known as Lauan...

It is efflorescence - made up of salts like sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate decahydrate. If the wall has a plasterboard lining: There has been water ingress into the plasterboard - either a roof leak, or condensation on the roofing membrane dripping onto the plasterboard which has...

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Just leave them in place - they will dry out at their own pace. Although the days are dry there is a lot of dew on the cold mornings, so you don't want them outside in that. Point an ordinary unheated fan towards them to increase airflow. The vertical and horizontal rails of the door need to dry...

http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/bristletails-silverfish-and-firebrats Thysanurids - primitive order of insects - they live in dark places under flooring, skirtings etc, eat cellulose and fungal threads (so they used to really like wallpapered homes) Move fast when disturbed unless...

You'd have thought that an American company that deals with Shovels and Spades would know what was what, wouldn't you? http://www.jacksonprofessional.com/products/family.aspx?LineId=75 Spades are for digging, shovels for transfer of stuff. Depending on size of load particles, pointed or...

If you whisk it up frothy enough, can you do a whole house with a 10 kg bag?

I've done that with MDF to create long (~5m) floating shelves, using steel rods epoxied into the wall, and grooves in the lower MDF sheet to accommodate the rods, and a lot of countersunk screws to clamp the sheets together. It planes up ok though, and takes nice chamfered edges, and paints...

I am glad you are happy with the quotation you have received. I hope all goes well. There are sample general building contracts here which may give you some pointers in what you may need in a contract with your roofer or builder should you decide a contract is necessary...

OK, so the space is accessible then - could the extent and coverage of the insulation in the area near the damp spots be investigated, at least with a handheld camera or a mirror and light source? Is the plasterboard (ceiling and wall junction) exposed and can the various insulation...

I take that as a no show then? Yellow indeed!