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Hello. I am considering installing 18x LED downlights in our living room. Each downlight is 4.8w. I would like to control all the lights from 3 different switches and place a dimmer in series. The idea would be to turn on/off the lights using one of the switch and adjust the intensity with the...

Hi John. Thank you gor the quick reply. we have just re boarded the ceiling between the joist on the ground floor. We are now replacing the subfloor because it was in very poor condition. We want to insulate for sound because we can here everything happening downstair from upstair and vice...

Hello. We are sound insulating underneath between ground floor ceiling and 1st floor subfloor. The distance between joists is at 360mm and the height between the plasterboard downstair and the subfloor is at 75mm. Can we use 100 x 400 rockwool slab? We have started. Please see example below

What was the problem with humidity? What have you done to solve it if I may ask please?

Hello. What should I use to repair our concrete subfloor in our 1890 house please. Please see image in attachment. Does it need to breath. We will cover it with limestone tiles at a later date. Thank you in advance. Mickael

Thank you so much for your quick reply. You seem to have good knowledge on that subject. We just got the house 6 month ago and we suspected we would have damp issue. I ll check the concrete thickess snd any sign of dpc. I believe the house had a DPC done from what the previous owner said. I ll...

Hello. Thank you for your reply. Here are some additional pictures from the inside and outside. I don't know how thick is the concrete floor but it does not extend jnderneat the brick wall.. We are going to leave that wall unplastered for now and see if it dries.

Hello, Our house was built in 1890 and one of the external wall was damaged by damp. We have removed the plaster and the bottom is wet. Please see in attachment. Any advice to prevent the bottom of the wall getting wet will be very much appreciated. Thanks. Mickael

Hi all, When removing the coving, i found this crack in the ceiling. Would you replaster or would you change the ceiling? Other parts of the ceiling are fine. Just this corner is cracked badly...

Hello, We are renovating our 1890 house and we found a cracked wall in one of our upstair bedroom. We remove a bit of loose plaster to see the bricks. There are gaps between the bricks. Should we be concerned? Could we simply replaster over and reskim or is it better removing the plaster and...