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I live in a 1st floor flat and never had any trouble until National Grid moved all our meters outside, after the gas was reconnected have had a humming that sounds exactly as if my radiators on and its in every room. Its to do with downstairs heating but i cant figure out exactly what and shes...

Hi all, Ive had my combi boiler serviced this morning with no problems during that time, no hissing from any radiators, put on my heating for about 2hrs then switched it off and now since then i have had a hissing sound exactly the same noise when its switched on on just the bedroom radiator no...

Base plaster didnt sound hollow but had loads of cracks which i filled in, reskim is sound as well, i just find it weird how much time between filling in the cracks to having the decorators in and no cracks appeared in the filler.

Ok so nearly a year later i'm so ready for a nervous breakdown about my walls. Jan2013: reskimmd over old plaster that i had fillered - no cracks in filler before it was skimmed. Reskimmed dried out, not as many cracks as i begun with, left it for just under 2months to proper dry out and filled...

Hi ive just had my flat skimmed and wondering if previous walls matter to painting. I have a mix of old plaster, bonding, plasterboard (each are seperate walls) with new skim on top. Will be hiring someone but want to see what the majority think and how the person will be doing it. Thanks, -k-

Ive just had my room reskimmed and before hand i used polyfilla on the wall, coming back the wall is completly smooth but i can see the polyfila (wall deep red-browny colour) Also it is a very cold day/night and the windows have sweated a great deal, do i keep them open or closed and can i use...

Hi i'm just wondering how to fix these cracks in the ceiling, there not level either side, they protrude and look quite deep. Complete beginner at this. Thanks. -k-

Hi i'm just wondering how to fix these cracks in the ceiling, there not level either side, they protrude and look quite deep. Complete beginner at this. Thanks. -k-

i'm on 1st floor and i contacted my housing association who havent got a clue whether any sort of dpm has been done. i was going to get laminate and found this type of underlay, would this work as a dpm? http://www.carpetright.co.uk/silent-sound-u-lay-blue-ld0318-underlay.html -k-

haha it isnt, but i think there taking tips from it. -k-

Hi all, moved into a flat with concrete tiles and it wasnt until i was reading my friends laminate instructions that i heard about dpm. Google led me here to quite a few posts of liquid dpm however on b&q they have a plastic sheet dpm which looks easier and cheaper. Walls have already set me...