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Thanks for your replies. Seems this Warmaline stuff doesn't come recommended! Will definitely put the foil backed stuff behind the radiators. Have used that in a couple of other rooms on external walls, and it seems to help. Unfortunately we can't have cavity wall insulation as we...

We live in a 1930s style house with bay-fronted windows. The downstairs lounge bay area (9 inch thick solid wall) and upstairs bedroom bay area (6 inch thick solid wall) are rather cold. I was considering putting some Warmaline insulating polystyrene paper in the bay area of these rooms and...

:lol: You're right, I'm a complete caveman failure !!! I did actually try last night leaving the door open a bit, and it seemed to help. I noticed also that once the body of the iron stove had warmed up, the fire lasted a lot longer. Thanks to all who replied. I will persevere and...

Have recently had a Willow multifuel stove properly installed with register plate, chimney liner etc. However, I am struggling to keep the fire alight once the initial burn of the firelighters have worn off. :? I have followed the advice about getting the fire started with rolls of paper...

It seems I have caused a bit of a stir!! I posted my comment not realising the age of the original message. It just made me laugh out loud and when I submitted my post, I wasn't expecting a reply anyway. I apologise and will note the date of original posts in future. JB

I haven't laughed so much in ages. We're were recently considering cavity wall insulation, but have just discovered all our external walls are solid 9 inch walls. Just as well I checked !!!!

The shared chimney in our semi needs repointing/restacking round our side, with a couple of missing chimney pots too. One roofing company quoted about £2000 to remove the top bricks down to about the 5th course and rebed bricks and match in as appropriate. This quote also includes new chimney...

We live in a semi-detached house with bay fronted windows upstairs & down (5 window bays). We recently had the old wooden windows replaced with new UPVC ones. The work was done by a reputable company and the bays were fully supported with steel rods during the work. However, I now notice a...