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My house is a 1930's semi with the kitchen at the back of the house with three external walls, during the winter it gets really cold, probably a mixture of no insulation and suspended timber floor. I m wanting to make it warmer but without spending a fortune (I have already spent that of...

I have an awful smell of damp coming from my kitchen cupboards on one side of my kitchen where my cooker is. I thought that it was that the bricks were holding moisture from the outside as they had been painted by the previous owner. I have had the paint removed and the bricks repointed...

I have a few areas of efflorescence on inside walls in my house and want to know the best and easiest way to get rid of it. I moved into the house a year and the previous owner did a good job of hiding the problem so unfortunately I am left trying to sort it out. I have a 1930's semi, the...

I have just started to apply Colron Beeswax to my wooden doors (interior) and I am not getting the result I expected, I have only applied one coat so far so it maybe that I need another coat to get it how I want. But......I was wondering would I have got a better result from Briwax, or are...

I was watching Sarah Beeney a couple of weeks and they pulled back boards on the internal doors on a 1930's to reveal the original four panel doors, so while hubby was at work I thought I would take a look at mine. I pulled the boards back and found mine were also the original doors, I have...