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Hi All, My sitting room floor is very cold so I've decided to rip up the laminate and replace with carpet. After taking up the laminate I noticed the underlay boards are in good nick and was wondering if I should keep them there for extra insulation? The normal carpet underlay and carpet...

Hi, When I bought my house 3 years ago it had a Scantronic 9452 alarm installed which I never used. There was a period when it would go off on it's own so I unscrewed the control box cover and took out the battery. It has since not given me any problems except when the power is cut which...

Hi, Is it true that the cost per area for UFH decreases significantly the larger the area is? I'm sure I read somewhere that for example adding UFH to the second floor of a house would not be that much more expensive than having just the ground floor done because the initial outlay costs are...

Just had walls skimmed and I've noticed I can see the metal from the angle bead along the edge of the window frame. Should I prime this exposed area before painting and if so with what? Thanks in advance!

I'm planning to paint both my ceiling and coving white with the walls in Natural Calico. Would painting both the ceiling and coving in Dulux Brilliant Matt White be the way to go or would it look better to have some contrast eg paint the coving in soft sheen white for example. The house is...

I stripped the wallpaper from my landing area in preparation for it to be skimmed and found that some of the plaster at the bottom of the wall had blown. I will chip this out but I wanted to ask what other preparation should I do before the plasterer arrives? ie - is it necessary to PVA the...