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Lot's of people are lazy though, people in the UK don't generally like doing maintenence and once a year is a dealbreaker for a lot of people.

For every handfull of people that say 'this is great and it last years', there is a bigger handfull of people that say 'this looked great for a year, now it looks like tat'. Oils need yearly (or more) maintenence, this is no trade secret. If you go in with your eyes open, and accept that oil's...

No could, nothing is certain. Very proffesional opinion.

The printer may have it's own IP address which you have to enter not the network IP. You should be able to go into your modem settings to see this (assuming you are using your modem as a wireless printer hub, rather than the printer being it's own wireless hub). Otherwise does the printer come...

Timber shrinks and swells with changes in moisture content. If you rapidly dry one face, you will cause that face to shrink, potentially pulling the whole piece flat or causing a reverse of existing bow. However, this could cause stress and damage in the process, a risk of splits, and give you...

Forced harsh drying like that is a bodge, not going to say otherwise. Drying should be done with care to avoid stress, not a blow heater. Air movement yes/

Get yourself an laser/infared surface temperature reader, condensation needs cold surfaces. At 70% RH surfaces need to be about 14°C for condensation. This is a bit of a high humidity, but if you have trickle ventillation and intermittent heating not unreasonable to expect during autum/spring...

Russia's always straying into airspaces, so it was bound to happen at some point. Lot's of noise will be made, putin will use it as an oppertunity to make himself look good (which they need with their economic and military problems of late), but it will be forgotten in a week or two if Turkey...

I can't make out the picture. Wooden battens are sometimes used to batten around the cavity, or wood is used as packers for the window installation or for general support. Not sure if it is either of those. gaps in the foam fill may act as cold bridges, may want to add more (again, can't make...

That is terrible advice. Excessive fast drying can cause stresses in the timber, which is what you want to avoid. Timber is hygroscopic and will shrink and swell with changes in moisture content. Heat introduced in such a manner will cause an unbalanced moisture content between faces, let it...

Well if you have condensation you have too high humidity or to low insulation (cold surfaces), 'simples' as the meerkat says. I would not be at all suprised if its haphazardly insulated if its a UK build. Reasonable ventillation at this time of year, coupled with low heating, will not drive...

What do you consider to be well insulated walls? Lot's of people have 50mm of cavity blown insulation, maybe even poorly installed 100mm. The current outside conditions could give you 'relatively' high internal humidities with ventillation, then night comes and your poorly insulated walls are...

Condensation is simple, no need to be baffled, cold surfaces = warmer air = condensation. For example, if internal conditions are 20°C and 65% RH, then any surface at 13°C will cause condensation. Lower the humidity to 40% RH, and surfaces now need to be as cold as 8-6°C before they will cause...

No point increasing ventillation and running a dehumidiyer, your just wasting energy trying to dry moving air. Increase ventillation, or decrease it and make full use of the dehuidifiyer (if it is capable of the loads needed). Remember at this time of year it is still mild and humid (on...

Thermal bridge just due to lack of any real insulation, and general crappy UK building methods (solid materials bridging the cavity around windows). Upgrade the wall insulation, or increase ventillation (or use a dehumidiyfer).

To add to woody's post, you need to think about what the problem is and what the solution may be. Cold surfaces will contribute to condensation, extra ventillation reduces this at the cost of heating outside air. Also, it does not always fix it, and additional insulation may be worth...

Wood will shrink and swell with changes in moisture. It will only develop stresses if the drying is too fast, or if movement is restrained. Otherwise if it is dried back the original manufactuered moisture content where it was flat, it will recover. Basically the tops should have been...

If you are only going to use the room occasionally having such little insulation kind of makes sense. But if you plan to use it regularly, 50mm is anemic.

Jebus, please don't just mangle your post into one wall of text, so hard to read. Be specific when you talk about dampness, dampness in air, condensation on surfaces or both. Sounds like you have an uninsulated floor, why would you expect it to feel anything other than cold, if it is...

50mm of insulation is not much, 100% better than nothing, but still only 50mm. The quality of fitting is also important (i.e. if it is between rafters, how tight fitting it is). Removing floor joist insulation will allow more heat into the room, but it will allow more heat-loss overall, and...