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I've bought this bungalow, built 1960. A laminate floor laid in the hallway has distorted, the company say the floor is damp. A test with a hygrometer sealed to the floor measured 90% RH. The water meter (measures down to 0.1L) doesn't move when observed for over an hour. The bargeboards...

Bought this bungalow last year. Had a flooring contractor lay a new laminate floor in the hallway that has now started to distort. Called them back, they removed a plank and put a hygrometer sealed to the floor. It showed a max of 95% RH over 24 hours. Told me the floor would have to be ripped...

I've bought this house that was previously owned by a (deceased) builder. He built a new garage and converted the old one into an office and shed. I want to convert the ofice into a workshop. It is lined with plasterboard and I'm trying to get a strong fixing onto it. I've probed the...

I'm replacing an outside light on a bungalow. The existing flat twin & earth drops down from the soffit and is too short. I can't access the loft for various reasons to extend the cable from inside. All the outside junction boxes seem to be only suitable for round cable. Any suggestions? The box...

I've bought this house which has a TRV head missing from one of the rads. I've removed a head from another rad and it works fine. The problem is, I can't source a new TRV head. I was hoping to avoid draining down and fitting a new valve. So if anyone has one, Danfoss 2000 series I believe, I'd...

Daughter's moved into a 5-year-old house with a Tribune HE tank and Danfoss FP/CP715SI programmer. With the programmer set to off for both heating and hot water, the pump runs continuously and the (gas) boiler fires up intermittently. When this happens neither the radiators get hot nor does the...