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Grateful for some advice. I have a room I'm about to refurbish, not looking to cut corners or do it on a shoestring. The room is always a few degrees colder than anywhere else in the house, it's noticeable when you walk in. It's cavity construction, damp-free with good window and French doors...

I'd be grateful for advice before I call an electrician in, as I'm not sure I need to. I started replacing the floorboards in one of my bedrooms, giving me a birdseye view of the downlights in the kitchen below, which were in place when I moved win and probably around 2 years old. I noticed...

Can somebody help? I am part-way through a loft conversion, at the point of agreeing with the building inspector what sort of insulation I can use. We have hit upon an air-flow problem that I can't see a solution to. My house doesn't have any soffits - the rafters finish flush with the wall...

Afternoon I needed to fit a rad in my kitchen, which didn't have one at all. I teed off from an upsatirs rad and left 10mm tails capped off until I was ready. I marked the flow and retun pipes, which i could identify upstairs and that was that. However, when my mate was drylining for me, he...

Hi As part of a project i'm currently working on, I removed a ceiling in my downstairs kitchen. On doing so, I noticed that about 2m of the dividing wall in the bedroom above (engineering brick, 2.7m high) is not coincidental with the downstairs supporting wall and is merely resting on...

Morning I am in the process of overhauling my kitchen, knocking some walls down, etc. My structural engineer and building inspector recommended removal of an old chimney breast in my kitchen (already removed upstairs) to create extra space, so I set about it yesterday. From what I have...

Hi all I had a loft conversion specialist around the other night to quote me for a compliant first fix conversion - i.e. stairs, suspended floor and roof windows. I don't doubt his credentials, but he said he would probably have to mak a 'small hole' in the gable end of my house to get the...

Hi all First post, so please be gentle if i'm a bit wet behind the ears. I have just moved into a house with a Worcester 28Si II combi, which was fitted four years ago and has been regularly servced by British Gas. It appears to work fine - the hot water output is good and the radiatoras...