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Hi big-all, Thanks for the advice it's greatly appreciated. I think lowering the pipes is out so I'll be raising the joists and reducing board thickness as suggested. Again, thanks for the advice everyone, it's made me 100% more confident about sorting the floor out. Cheers, Dave

Hello, Joists are around 32cm apart. All boards over the pipes are square edge and measure at around 15mm, where as the rest of the room appears to have T&G, which I couldn't measure without lifting. I can lift the T&G tomorrow if you think it's worth it. Oddly there didn't appear to be...

Hello, I've pulled the board up, see picture. The boards are roughly 108mm x 15mm. The board that met the three pipes was sheared upto a few inches away from the pipes (creating a wege shape) and then it returns to the normal 15mm. There don't appear to any pipes to the left of the...

Hello big-all and DAZB, thanks for the feedback and suggestions. I'll lift the offending boards tomorrow evening and take some pictures + measurements and report back.

Hello, I want to change the flooring in our bathroom from vinyl floortiles to laminate. Unfortunately, many of the floorboards are seriously warped. I removed some of the vinyl tiles to see if it would be easier to replace some of the offending boards. I'm quite concerned about how the...

Brilliant! That's working a treat. Thanks for your help, we'll have a nice warm christmas now :) happy christmas!

Cheers! There's a control on the front as well so I can always use that to turn it down on milder days. we don't have trvs, mainly because the place is always freezing! I'll ask my plumber to install some in the new year. thanks for the help. i'll update in a bit :)

Hello, I have a glow worm 18si system boiler, fitted for the previous owner. I've always found the radiators to under perform - it never gets that warm in the house (we have cavity wall insulation, correct roof insulation). also the rads never feel as warm to touch as in other houses. All...

The cable has a grey sheath, so that's one less worry! Thanks for the responses, greatly appreciated.

Hi All, before I start, thanks for a great resource, this site has been indespensible. Anyway, recently moved into a new house. One of our upstairs bedroom light doesn't work. I changed the fitting on a hunch and still not working. Also changed switch, no luck. So I decided to check...