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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...