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thanks for the quick reply. The room wont be connected to the central heating as will only be used infrequently, so will have electric heating as and when required. If I could use a suitable floor insulation ( current floor is concrete ) and avoid the need to insulate ceiling then fine...

Hope this is OK to post here... I have a semi basement ( I live on a hill slope from front of house down to the back ), above which is my kitchen / diner. The basement ceiling is timber floorboards resting on timber joists. I want to convert the basement into usable space, Ive had a...

hi, just had some plasterers in. they had to back to the brickwork in some areas. A week or two later ive noticed a patch (30cm square) of fine white fur / mould on one such area. is there an easy way to fix this? will it just go away as the wall continues to dry? do i get the plasterers...

thanks. theyre 5 metres long and hopefully straight! thanks again on behalf of all advice seekers! appreciate your help!

thanks for your reply. the planks are t & g on two sides only. they are 6 inches wide and the room is no wider than 4 metres. the most important thing for me is the sound and thermal insulation, so i believe floating on wood fibre underlay is the best option for me. will glue (pva?) be...

hi all, i couldnt find a specific post to answer this so here goes... im laying pine t&g 6inch planks onto existing floorboards. i want the thermal and acoustic insulation properties offered by wood fibre underlay (im on the 1st floor, and have baby on the way!). ive been told to secret...

Thanks for that, ive managed to get it loose now!

Hi, I have a shower hose connected to a mira sport shower. The hose is leaking and ive tried to unscrew from the plastic outlet to no avail. Ive tried descaling both from inside the hose (by suspending it upwards so the descaler can remove any limescale deposits where the hose meets the shower)...