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Thanks Richard for your advice. The floorboards are supported by joists but there aren't any counter supports (noggins, i think), the joists are approximately 50-60cm apart. It may be worth putting in the extra support I guess I'll have a look for the exterior grade board, I am sure they...

We are about to put in a new floor in the bathroom. We have wooden floorboards, generally in good condition the few loose ones we have replaced. Over the floor boards we will be putting 1cm underlayment board (not sure if this is correct name in English, but it is board made up from several...

I am in the Netherlands, so they have the dutch equivelent of CORGI. However I am a little surprised as they have also left a slow leak in a hot waterpipe and a dripping radiator valve! We've turned the gas of at the main (luckily we aren't living in the house yet) and will call them back...

I have recently had some plumbers around to cut off the gas supply to the gas heater in the living room. They cut the supply under the stairs near the main, we now have a gas smell under the stairs could this be a leak or just the smell of the now open old pipe.

Its in Holland

We are just about to embark on a rather massive project, we are in the process of buying our first house which is in need of ALOT of TLC! How do I know if the house has cavity or solid walls? The house was built in 1930. I have seen a couple of sites that say that generally houses built...