Best way to configure wireless network using AE and TC

I am trying to tweek my wireless network so that it works a lot better/faster. Our house is two stories and is built of concrete so wireless signal does not transmit all that far. I currently possess a 2TB Time Capsule, one Airport Extreme and two Airport Express. I have recently been using the TC as the main base station and have it connected by ethernet cable to the port in the wall. I then expand the network through the 2 Express. I have available bandwidth of 16mbps but when working wirelessly the best I seem to get is between 2 & 3mbps (download speed).
I get signal but when looking through my set up manual I see that I should have a modem somewhere in this setup. I had thought that the TC acted as the modem but am I wrong?
Would I be better to use the Extreme as the base station and boost the signal with the TC and the Express?
Any suggestions gratefully received!

Hi Tesserax, well I need help again. Here is my latest problem. I am still trying to sort out the internet connection in the bedroom. I am using an Airport Extreme as the base station, connecting it by ethernet to the wall socket and telling it to create a wireless network and put it in bridge mode.
Result: I can see the AEBS in airport utilities and have plenty of signal but cannot actually get any connection to the internet. I know the cable works as I have been connecting it directly to the computer and have no problems.
Also I have looked at my Settings - Network and I am showing that I have the following airport connection
ThomsonBA55BD is connected to Lucy's Network and has the IP address 10.0.1.6
I have no idea whose this connection is and thought it was maybe a connection from next door but it seems that I am showing this even when i am wirelessly connected downstairs. Not sure if it has always said this as can't remember when I last looked.
Anyway, I am very frustrated as the bedroom connection used to work as described above until I started messing with it

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