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We live in a cottage that was converted from a cattle shed in the 1970s. In the main bedroom one of the outside walls feels much colder than the other, when we had a chest of drawers up against it we discovered huge patches of mould behind them within a month or so & anything that touches the...

We have a 1870s house with solid walls. These had been covered with plasterboard & had become damp. We have quotes from a local plasterer, who's bee highly recommended and who's suggested we use Renderlite as an alternative to lime. Having read up on it, it seems this isn't recommended as it has...

We're renovating a Victorian farmhouse & planning to sand & varnish/oil the floorboards upstairs. We can do some swapping of boards, we plan to have a runner down the middle of the 40 foot landing so can swap out some of the better boards in that area. Most rooms are OK but this one is a real...

Hi I'm not a tradesman but hope someone in here can help. If anyone has a Screwfix trade account, I wonder if you could possibly check a price for me? I priced up a load of radiators for a renovation job we're doing at home & compared prices with the Screwfix trade catalogue. Back in March...

I know these are dumb questions - I have asked for quotes (and system advice) from two heating engineers - locally both are so busy that we have waited 2 months for a date for a visit & will wait another month at least for a quote. In the mean time I need to work out whether what we want to do...

We've had 4 quotes for biomass boilers which have suggested boilers from 95 to 195kw. One of the companies has visited a few times but I'm not sure if they've spent long enough here to perform a full heat loss calculation. We need to install radiators throughout most of the building & I've...

We own a big old house with very few radiators. There are about 20 powered by a 70kw oil boiler but we need to install around 40 more radiators. (There are 59 rooms). We'd hoped to install a biomass boiler & make the oil boiler defunct but as a start up business we're unlikely to get the...

Hi I'm sorry, this is a weird query. We've removed some tiles in a bathroom that was once part of a cowshed and there's a distinct smell of wee. I'm planning to aquaboard (was going to do this over tiles but they were bulging & on inspection, they pulled off by hand!). I'm leaving the walls...

We're going to have a kitchen installed in a former living room in a 19 29 house that was converted to offices. There's a toilet in the room next door so presumably drainage close by. We will get professionals in to install services etc. but what will we need to consider re. drainage etc.? The...

We've moved into a house with a large (25m2) lovely wool carpet but a patch has been really badly worn (cat scratches maybe). The part that needs to be replaced is near French windows so in a sort of alcove part & about 60 x 90cm needs replacing. We're not sure where we'll arrange furniture so...

I'm buying some radiators to replace old ones that have pinprick holes. Planning to buy these: http://www.screwfix.com/p/kudox-premium-type-11-single-panel-compact-convector-radiator-400-x-1200mm/39827# and similar in different sizes. How can I tell which valves I need to buy? Looking for...

We've just had an extension built & a playroom added on downstairs. This includes a cupboard which has been knocked through to our under-stairs space which is made up of brick & some breeze-block walls. The cupboard will only be used by my kids for playing, storing toys, etc. We don't know...

Hi I'm planning to lay a solid wood (oak) floor on top of existing (but very old) parquet flooring which sits on top of concrete. I'd like to use self-adhesive underlay and I want to check that this is all that I will need to lay on top of the parquet? Also, can anyone recommend the best...

Hi We've just had an extension built & have lots of bare wood to finish - 6 doors & a large expanse of bannisters & handrails. We're wondering about using oil as we'd like a natural finish but want to keep costs down while making things childsafe & childproof. Any tips? Thanks Emmavix