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Cheers. Really appreciate the advice!

Thanks very much. That’s really helpful. The painting option feels like the most sensible thing to do until we can afford something more permanent. Cheers!

Some pictures attached. Most of it has a light coat of paint already that was already on when we moved in. I’d just feel happier with a much thicker coat of paint over it.

Yeah if we painted it, the colour change would definitely be a bonus.

Thanks. So you wouldn’t even think about sealing it with paint?

Thanks for the reply. I believe it’s AIB. We naively just thought it was some kind of plasterboard when we moved in but it’s been tested now.

We have a garage where the ceiling boards have been tested positive for asbestos (chrysotile, amosite). It’s a fairly high vaulted ceiling and it’s a big area we’d need to replace. We’d love to get the lot of it removed and replaced but there’s just no way we can afford it. So, we were...

Thanks for the replies. That’s a bit of a relief. There shouldn’t be any water around there so hopefully it’ll okay. And I was kicking myself almost as quickly as I was spraying foam so I won’t do it again.

I was looking for some advice… We’ve recently done some renovations to a Bolton extension at the side of the house which has left the floor level lower than it used to be and has exposed “holes” underneath the patio doors that just run into the wall cavity. Sadly this week we’ve had mice gain...

Thanks very much for that. Really helpful response and helping me to get my head around the oil boiler. Thanks!

Ah okay so we're just talking about potentially a few minutes of use without firing? I'm still trying to get my head around the economics of the oil. Like I said, with a gas boiler I get that it modulates to use a little or a lot of gas depending on the demand but I still don't see how an oil...

Thanks for the reply. Okay, forgive me as I just don't really get oil boilers at all... So when demand is lower, the boiler can continue to heat the UFH water without firing up and burning oil?

Thanks for the reply. I think most of this fits in with my understanding of the underfloor heating and as I said, I'm happy with how the UFH works/feels currently. I'm just not sure were using it in the best way with the oil boiler. Its a condensing boiler with a separate hot water tank. I...

We had underfloor heating fitted upstairs and downstairs late last year. It’s working fine as far as I can tell. However I’m not sure of best practice for UFH. The installer told us that underfloor heating should be left on all day long at a low temperature and it would be fine because UFH...

Just realised I have a photo!

I’ve just knocked out an old fitted wardrobe that was fitted before we moved in. As I’ve removed it, it’s exposed old vinyl tiles and where I’ve removed the skirting from the wall closest to the wardrobe, there’s a hole in the concrete floor. I’ve attached a photo. I can add a clearer on when...

Bit of a strange question maybe. We’ve bought a house with a 1980s extension and the floor is really bouncy. We’ve taken up the floorboards to see what we’re dealing with. The beams are just not very supportive. There’s quite a bit of bounce to the actual beams so that needs addressing...

It's an external boiler. Good to know the price is reasonable. Cheers. We've had a few quotes and got advice off several people and this was the consensus so fingers crossed its right.

Thats fair enough. We're out of touch with costs for building/trades so I just wanted to get an idea of whether it was reasonable. Thanks for the reply.

New member so I hope this is the right place to post. We're getting an external boiler and we need a concrete foundation laying for it in the garden along the side of the house. It needs to be 1 metre by 1 metre and around 40cm deep. We've been quoted £330 (including materials) by a...