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condensation resulting in mould growth in rental property
My daughter owns a two up and two down terraced property that is rented out. Her tenants are a young family with a young child. When she first bought the property, and during the odd occasions (including winter) that the property has been empty, there is no issue with mould growth. However, when the property is occupied,…
Tap pressure help
Hi, firstly - I hope you all had a great new years eve! I've recently moved in to a flat which is electric only (no gas), There is a hot water immersion cylinder housed in a hallway cupboard, also there is a separate cold water tank in the loft. I have a problem with the pressure coming from the kitchen tap (just the hot…
Leak in October - still smells of damp
It wasn't a huge amount of water - it came from one of the upstairs flats and because it wasn't directly above my flat I only got a little bit. All that happened (from my perspective) was that I could see a stain in one upper corner of my lounge, which got bigger over a 24-hour period and then stopped. It felt damp (but…
Kitchen face lift needed
We have finally had to admit we need to do something about our kitchen which is getting a bit shabby. We like the layout and wondered about getting new doors for the units. Problem is that the kitchen has the older style larger kick boards and also a couple of specialist units. Would this rule out this option? Alternative…
Internal wall insulation or not?
First time user, please be kind! Me and the OH are renovating a house we have just bought. It is 4 bed detached, quite large (ground floor is approx 90 square meters), built in around 1955 and probably not had anything done to it since other than a lick of paint! We are putting in new double glazing throughout the whole…
Extension roof and electrics
We've decided on having ceiling joists fitted in the new extension (pitched roof) as it made sense for us. We can insulate a number of ways but have mainly been thinking rockwool between and over the ceiling joists. BC have indicated this at 270mm. There seems to be so much differing info between cold and warm deck roofs…
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