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As has been said 170mm insulation is good so the cold must be going around/between it. If the air gap is above it, I.e. below the floor boards it sounds like an upside down warm/hybrid roof. ( I'm no expert so others may have other ideas) If this is the case and there are drafts then you don't...

https://goo.gl/photos/UNiz7wj8ZJ38DPx1A This is our house before we started an extension. We had done a complete renovation of the house including external insulation, underfoot heating, thermal store, whole house heat recovery, all new wiring and all new plumbing. It was always in our minds to...

Having mine done at the moment. £100 per square meter all in. (145sqm) I could have put the insulation on myself but no way the multiple coats of render. Its also aken many man weeks. Some days there have 5 guys working on it. I did get the grant but just £3750. Looking good so far but agree...

I am no expert but I was told not to take the inlet from the loft space due to amount of dust in there so that seems good logic to me. Why would you want the exhaust going into the loft either? It will contain moist air and I doubt that is going to be good for any loft space. Other points...

I have a UH1 with 3 zones controlling the underfloor heating downstairs. Upstairs I have radiators that I have connected via an underfloor heating manifold so I can can connect the same type of valves and controls upstairs. I have just seen this -...

I put both in my kitchen, wet underfloor heating all downstairs and a plinth radiator in the kitchen connected the upstairs rad circuit. Underfloor heating is great but does take a long time to get the house up to temperature, plinth heater is backup so I can get some heat in the kitchen in...

No not at all, I do not work in the building trade at all, just a keen amateur. Thanks for the link re kitchens, I have a few made to measure doors to buy for other things around the house so will check them out. Not sure I am the right person to manage your project. Very interested to...

I am thinking of getting one of these electric inset fireplaces. http://www.gazco.com/builtintothewallfires/builtinfires/built_in_electric_fires/studio_1__electric_inset.aspx I will be insetting it into a chimney breat to replace an open fire, I have had the top of the chimney capped. I...

Good luck, We did similar with a house that had very little done since 1970. Ours is a 3 bed detached. 40K will be tight but not impossible if you do a lot yourself and don't have expensive taste. We didn't get an architect but did get a structural engineer to confirm a few things. We...

Built in corner cupboard seems to makes best use of the space and makes room for the ventilation unit to be out the way. We've not put granite worktop in but fitted the laminate ones we bought with the kitchen. We couldn't find a colour that we thought would match but have a very plain brown...

It is a Wren Kitchen. We didn't go for Ikea as the back of their units fits flush with the wall which doesn't leave room for pipes. Price wise the Wren kitchen was very competitive and having them ready built meant installing them was very easy. We are very pleased with what we have received...

It been a while since we started our project. I have found out so much from this site I thought I'd share some pictures of the work we are doing, starting with the kitchen but we are doing similar in the whole house. This is a DIY job but we do get people in for certain trades where it is...