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Hi all My house has sloped ceilings (skeilings) toward the edges of the rooms with exposed rafter feet on the outside. The ceiling meets the wall at roughly 45 degrees for about the first 75 cm, before levelling off. Having taken the plasterboard off I see that there is no insulation...

I’m about to install some insulated plasterboard on an outside corner (around a redundant chimney breast). After it’s done I’ll be getting a professional plasterer in to tidy up and skim the rest of the room so it all looks the same. Just wondering, with the insulation being thick, what’s the...

Hi all Still a bit of a beginner here so hope you can help me. After having painted my windowsills with a gloss (uPVC Windows with a wooden internal windowsill) I have then gone around the frame with an acrylic internal frame sealant. This was about a year ago now. In the last few months...

Hi all, Just been up into my loft and noticed rain water trickling down the wall on the inside at the point where the chimney stack of my neighbour comes in to his house on our adjoining wall. I live in an end of terrace property (4 houses). Unlike many terraces the houses are not symmetrical...

Am looking to improve my loft insulation following recent removal of a water tank. There is already a bottom layer of insulation installed by the previous owners, in between the joists only. Not quite sure how to describe it, but the roof fits lower than the side walls and we have exposed...

Hi all My house has a thick concrete render which exists from new. It's starting to look a bit shabby now and most of my neighbours have had their house painted white (mine is currently magnolia) so was thinking of repainting. Can anyone recommend what company is best? I've heard conflicting...

Hi all First floor bedroom previously had a fireplace (removed a long time ago) and the concrete hearth was broadly level with the floor and was previously carpeted over. I’ve noticed that a part of it was cracked and not lying totally flush with the surrounding floor so I’ve removed the...

Have recently had a Triton Pirlo Thermostatic Bar Mixer installed to replace an electric shower. In the instructions (http://www.tritonshowers.co.uk/media/custom/upload/File-1532357017.pdf) it says that the Minimum hot water temperature is 55 degrees. I’d previously had my Combi boiler set...

Hi all, not sure if this is the right forum or not, hopefully a Moderator could move if not. In September last year prior to purchasing our property we had a Homebuyers report completed which mentioned that there was some penetrating dampness on the chimney breast caused by various issues...

I'm looking to add trellis to the top of my fence and trying to think of the best way to do it to ensure it remains secure. The fence is made of feather edge boards which have been nailed to three horizontal Arris rails, attached to the timber posts with metal brackets. The top Arris rail is...

Just had an old back boiler removed and at the top of the opening in the fireplace is a thin steel bar which is quite loose (loose enough to wiggle it with one hand) which is resting on the bricks either side. I have attached a few photos. My plan was to keep the chimney breast in-situ and...

Hi all, Had a couple of local Worcester-Bosch accredited installers round over the last few days, they have pretty much all recommended to me the same products but left it up to me to make the final decision. This is to replace my existing back boiler in the lounge with a new combi boiler. I...