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I live in a 1910 edwardian terraced property in Yorkshire with a cellar under the whole house. The cellar area at the back of the house is partially underground but also has a door and steps up into the garden. It currently house the boiler, washing machine and tumble dryer. The cellar room at...

I am trying to ascertain thickness of the party walls. The house is a 1910 built Edwardian Terrace. The external walls are an early cavity type with brick walls inner and solid stone on the outside of the property. The only place I can examine the party wall brickwork is the loft and bathroom...

I am currently tackling the renovation of the attic rooms in my 1910 Victorian terrace. They are original rooms and not a conversion. The ceilings are not in a good way, with lots of cracking present in the visible parts of the room. The eaves area was boarded off with plasterboard, probably...

I have stripped approx 4 layers of wallpaper in a bedroom with a steam stripper and got back to bare plaster in parts however there is still some very old paint on the wall. The plan for the walls is to get them re skimmed, the ceiling is being over boarded and skimmed as is collapsed lath and...

The concrete lintel above the patio doors into the basement in my Edwardian terraced house has cracking evident as per the photos attached. Cracks are in the face of the lintel and also the bottom. I’m not sure when lintel was added - possibly 60s or 70s the opening was originally narrower with...

I have had a new en suite installed with a 1400 x 800 low profile shower tray (raised on legs due to being unable to cut the joists) with a Mira Atom thermostatic mixer shower installed running off a 35kw combi boiler. This gives a really good flow on the shower The challenge is the shower...

I am in the process of stripping back the attic rooms in my 1910 Edwardian terrace house which has been over boarded badly with no insulation. Upon removing the boards I have discovered the middle section of the purlin under the velux window has rotten (presumably from a leak). It is the top...

I am planning a re-model of my loft conversion which currently contains two bedrooms to incorporate a new shower room as well. Would welcome some advice on the best plumbing options: - There is one existing bathroom which is currently served by a 10.5kw Triton Electric Shower (already installed...

I have a combi boiler heating system, the boiler is a Worcester and was installed in the past couple of years. The two radiators in the attic collect air and frequently need bleeding due to cold spots (they need bleeding every 3-4 weeks). The boiler is in the basement and has an additional...

I am in the process of stripping all the badly put up lining paper off in my Victorian terraced house (it's a bad DIY job, overlapping seams and gaps between seams). There are 4 layers of wallpaper in places, I am stripping back to reveal the original (grey!) Plaster underneath Condition wise...

I have a house that is covered in woodchip and have now got round to stripping it all off and it is back to the old plaster. It's edwardian house circa 1910. In the main the plaster is not blown however it has been filled in many places and not sanded down, presumably because the woodchip was...

Hi there, I live in a rented flat, and there is an office style suspended ceiling in both rooms, covering up the concrete flooring of the flat above. I today had a workman round from the lettings agency who took one of the ceiling tiles out in the bedroom to inspect a possible leak (there was...