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    Advice on fire doors cracking plaster

    We had a loft conversion 2 years ago and as part of the regs we had to change all doors leading off the landing/hallway to fire doors. These are obviously much heavier than the original doors and we have 4 young kids who slam them at times. We now have huge cracks in the wall behind 2 of the...
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    Inadequate insulation in loft conversion?

    We had our loft converted a year ago and weren't that happy with the builder but had no reason to suspect an issue with insulation. The loft had planning and buildings regs and the building inspector signed off the insulation. Our first winter in there (it's a master bedroom for us) has been...
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    Stairs underlay - which cloud 9?

    Just had new carpet fitted in loft and asked company to put cirrus in loft ( as better sound insulation) and connoisseur 8 on the stairs and landings. I realised after they were half done that they had put cirrus all the way. I pointed this out and the company was very apologetic, admitted their...
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    New system boiler issues

    Our builder installed a new boiler (Vaillant Ecotec 630) 10 months ago. Previously we had the pressure drop after bleeding rads. For the last couple of weeks we've had the pressure drop every 3-4 days. We looked for a leak but nothing obvious. Then we happened to be outside when the boiler...
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    Squeaky bouncy loft floor - tips needed please

    We've had ongoing issues with the builder that did our loft conversion. One of these is the strange tongue and groove floor he has put down. It feels sticky to the touch, squeaks a lot, has large gaps in some areas, damages VERY easily and is almost crumbly in some edges. He put something down...
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    Rads on when not supposed to be

    We had a new boiler fitted last July through our builder. Guys who did initial install were great and nice tidy work. They put in a Vaillant system boiler, Instinct cylinder and the Vaillant sensoHome control. We had issues straight away with the radiators coming on when it was hot weather and...
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    Suggestions to patch loft ceiling hole

    Our loft conversion has been fully decorated and we are due to have fitted furniture put in. We discovered that where the wardrobes are going the spotlights would be partially covered. Builder sent electrician to move them which he did. He used a device to make the new holes and then left us...
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    Loft floor lifting

    The builders have finished our loft and we have since painted and are just getting quotes for fitted furniture. Near the end of the build we noticed the tongue and groove chipboard/ply floor made a huge bang near our front dormer window. It was like a gun being fired and only happened when you...
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    Water pipes suddenly all sweating

    We've had building work (loft conversion) and as part of that had a new system boiler fitted back in July. The builder said we needed to upgrade our water main to get enough pressure. He dug a trench out and connected a new water main but did a temporary pipe through our wall into the kitchen...
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    Draughts in new loft conversion - possible causes?

    Our loft conversion is almost done. It's a full width rear dormer and 3 dormers to front with stairs in the middle one. It's now been insulated, plaster boarded and skimmed. There is no new insulation under floor but there is our original loft insulation there. The windows are double glazed with...
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    Floor insulation and current regs

    We are having a loft conversion. Both the building control plans and our quote stated we wanted rockwool 100mm under the new floor. Instead our builder has just reused our old loft insulation (very old and patchy) and added a tiny amount of Knauf Loft 44 in places. Floor is now down and walls...
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    How to extend TV aerial booster

    Our loft conversion is almost complete but we have discovered the builder has left our TV aerial amp/booster under the floor boards in the insulation. We are having a new TV aerial fiited and the guy will need access to the booster box to change the wiring. The builder said they will just get...
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    Best loft conversion underlay for carpet?

    Our loft conversion is almost finished and (among other issues) we have discovered our builder has just reused our original loft insulation under our new loft floor. Chatting to neighbours also having lofts done they were advised to improve insulation to reduce sound issues for bedrooms below...
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    Loft conversion concerns

    Currently having a loft conversion and one of our neighbours has raised concerns that our builder may not be up to scratch. This builder came recommended by some other local friends. The first potential red flag was he wanted to deviate from the insulation specified by the structural engineer...
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    HELP plaster stained fireplace

    We have a limestone fireplace and recently had to have the room it's in replastered. We were told to protect the stone so we sealed it up with correx very thoroughly as instructed . The plastering was done and all seemed fine. We kept the mantel sealed until the plaster was dry and had the first...
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    Damp patch on wall

    We have been doing up our 1960s house for the last year. The previous owners did nothing unless they had to. One thing they did do is replace the old concrete guttering. As we have stripped off old wallpaper in the bedroom we found blown plaster along the ceiling which is probably why they...
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    Concrete gutters removed - loft very windy

    Whilst having some quotes for other roof work I mentioned to a roofer that we have what sounds like a gale blowing in our loft on windier days. There do not appear to be any missing tiles etc. The previous house owner replaced concrete gutters with plastic ones and this roofer suggested that due...
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    Moss removal by hand

    I am trying to find someone to remove serious roof moss from our house but without a pressure washer as this can damage the tiles. I'm struggling to find a company who doesn't use a pressure washer. We are in Bucks. Can anyone recommend somebody or point me in the right direction please?
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    How many halogens per switch?

    We have 9 halogens in our kitchen and they are all on a single switch. This was all fitted before we moved in. The bulbs don't seem to last long at all and we are getting fed up with changing them. We tried a lower wattage bulb to see if that helped and they have lasted slightly longer. Do you...
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    Ghosting on extension

    Hoping this is the correct part of the forum. We bought our 1964 house at the start of this year. The house had a single story extension put on the back in 1979. The extension runs across the back of the house giving a bigger kitchen and an extra room on the back of the old lounge. It has a...
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