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We moved into a 1968 house last year and we are about to start on renovation of the front room next year. the job is going to be a complete tear down as pretty much everything needs sorting....uneven floor, uneven sagging ceiling and an awful skim job on the walls! We are also planning to...

I've spent some time reinforcing half the floor in our new loft, sistering joists and adding noggings, new boards - much improved! I've just knocked a wall down to build onto gable end, and want to improve the other half of the bouncing floor. I can't sister these joists as easily due to the...

The wooden side door in our garage is disintegrating - i've already replaced the windows, but the door frame is supporting one of the roof joists in the centre of it. The door frame is 940mm wide; if i where to replace with a UPVC door will i need a lintel above it or will the frame be strong...

I need to replace the ridge tiles on a single story extension attached to the side of our house; it's in pretty poor condition, so thought is to replace the ridge tiles with a dry ridge system. I'm also going to replace the existing dry verge because it's currently held on wedged under tiles...

The semi-detached house we recently bought had a loft bedroom conversion done around 1987 by a company called Econoloft. They have hung the floor joists from two RSJ's spanning the room on either side, and made the floor on 18mm chipboard, then built the stud walls on top. at the gable end...

I'm hoping for some advice before i spend money on what i think I need to repair our roof! The roof in question is a late 90's built single storey extension with concrete tiles. around 5-10 years ago the main roof and extension were "refurbished" by a company - i.e. sprayed and botched! we've...

We've recently moved into a late 1960's house which has a whirlpool bathroom quite installed. The suite is quite old (as I found when trying to find replacement valves and manifolds for the failed whirlpool system), but looks like a Victoria Plum setup, and seems to have been quite an expensive...

I've been researching through various forums in a desperate attempt to work out the weird and wonderful water heating system in my house, as i have a few problems! First problem is that even when the heating is off during the summer, when the hot water comes on, at least one of the upstairs...