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OK I have done, to be honest the photo overexaggerates the damp a little, its only the centre beam coming towards the camera which looks overly damp now, fortunately no woodlice that I can see but a few cobwebs. Photo here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/escapee/loft.JPG

Thank you all for the feedback, I haven't been in the loft since it was reinsulated but I would imagine that they would have placed the insulation too close to the eaves causing a ventilation problem. I will have to investigate further and rectify if necessary. One final query if I may, is...

Hi All Is there such a thing as too much loft insulation, about 18 months ago we had a grant for cavity wall and loft insulation. The blokes that carried out the work placed the new loft insulation over the old and it now sits several inches over the rafters making it impossible to gain...

Thanks for that Justin, that is the approach I would have preferred but seeing as the overhang was 1cm in places, the back of the archetrave would have only been 0.5cm as the depth of the archetrave I selected is only 1.5cm :cry:

I also forgot to mention I have always used and preferred paint pads to rollers or brushes when decorating, are pads ok to paint onto skimmed plaster with, no one seems to ever mention paint pads. I have also noticed the new jonmat johnstones paint which is specially formulated for new...

Hi All This is the first time I have had to paint on to new plaster and find this site invaluable for the advice. The walls and celing have been skimmed approximately 4 days and looking to be drying off ok going the whitish pink people speak of, hopefully it will be dried off fully within...

Thank you both for your feedback :) , the walls were bad in places but not artexed he just went deep to try to level them up a little. I telephoned a joiner this morning as it was worrying me and he advised me to chisel out the skim back to the edge of where the archetraves would have met. I...

Hi All I have recently had my living room reskimmed and decided to remove the archetraves and skirtings before hand and replace with new after skimming. The plasterer finished the job today but the due to the uneveness of the existing plaster the new skim overhangs the edges of the frames by...

Thanks Agile Could this cause a problem over time if not rectified? The sound emitted is not noisy just strange. As far as I am aware the installer removed everything except the header tanks in the loft, which as you say were not practical as they were much larger than the loft hatch and...

Hi All We have recently had installed a Glowworm Flexicom 30 CXi, this is the first combi boiler we have ever had installed and all appears to be well but there is a strange sound I would like to query. When we turn the cold water tap on (anywhere in the house), you can hear the boiler...

how old is the house!!! It was built around 1940's - 1950 is the door opening square and parallel! if it is you can probably replace the damaged areas easier It looks square but I dont think they make that style of frame anymore its the frame with the area already recessed for the door...

Hi All I am considering replacing an internal door frame in my living room as it is quite old now and looking rather distressed. Is it a job I could attempt on my own or would it be better to get a joiner in to do the work. Would it just be a case of removing the architraves and prising...