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  1. Hello Fly, That's a generous offer and much appreciated. But I see you're based in Lincs which is miles away from me unfortunately, I'm in County Durham
  2. Hello tonyshouse, It's not something I'd considered, but I like the idea of using of technology so I'll be researching further. My local council don't offer this but I did find this link from an energy company who will lend their customers a unit. It's a device that fits to a smartphone so won't be as sophisticated as a dedicated camera but may still give a good indication of problem areas. I might be changing energy supplier soon https://octopus.energy/blog/flir-thermal-cameras/
  3. Hello Wozza, Stove supplied and installed by the Fire centre based in Middlesbrough, No, they didn't recommend (or mention) external air supply
  4. Good advice, thank you PeterW, The plasterboard was put on with dot & dab and as I suspect I'll need to remove the skirting boards to deal with the floor, it makes sense to fill any gap from behind the plasterboard at the same time. £110 for the external air was a lot less than I was expecting, pleased with that
  5. Thanks for replying ProDave, We have a Morso S10 stove and I'm not sure it can be adapted to take outside air but I'll follow up with Morso as that would help considerably. We built our house in 2008, opting for block & beam on the recommendation of the main contractor to help us keep within budget. It's a decision I've regretted many times since then! I've been reading Kingspan guidance on installing a floating floor and they recommend "strips of cork or polyethylene foam to act as a compressible filler" around the edges of the T&G chipboard and as we don't have that in place, I'm wondering how much that is contributing to the problem
  6. The floor in our property is block & beam, with 2 layers of insulation board on top. Above this is a floating floor of T&G chipboard. The floor finish is solid wood flooring screwed to the floating floor. The difficulty we’re having is draughts from under the skirting board. In addition to radiators we use a log burner for heating, the downside of which is that the log burner draws cold air effectively making the draughts at floor level worse. I’ve tried using both silicone sealant and expanding foam tape to seal the gaps below the skirting boards but because a floating floor moves these haven’t proved effective. Has anyone else had this issue or have thoughts on how I can approach this?
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