Recent content by arthurdap

One white chimney, thanks for that. I thought better safe than too late. :D Thanks to Gregers, they'll do the job

Nearly done but never enough hours in the weekend. Need more tape too. A big thank you for everyones help. :D

I was just gonna paint the brick work with masonary paint to brighten it up. Can I paint the chimney breast do you know. We have a gas fire down stairs so I can imagine it will get warm. Thanks Arthur

Thanks for that. Hope to get to that this week. Wicks visit tomorrow. I just need an idea on hinges if any one can help. Thanks Arthur

Hi ya. Thanks for the replies. It's 80cm x 80cm. The loft is boarded with wicks 22mm t5 board upto th loft hatch hole. The existing hatch sits on 1/2" x 3/4." baton.

Hi folks. I was wondering if any one had any experience in making/using a loft hatch that you can walk on. It's approx 0.8m square. Basically I might put up a model railway in my loft and don't want to fall out. I was thinking of a guardrail around the hole but if I can cover it it would be...

Nearly all done. This weekend I hope to finnish it all. Gap filling and tapping all the gaps.

It's really just gonna be used for light storage up there. But i'm considering my old childhood hobby of model trains and may have some thing up there at a later date. These are my pictures so far, incase it helps any one. I used wicks 22mm boards on the centre and old home...

I'm so glad there's a thanks button for your help. It's an out side wall but i'm not sure if it's a cavity or not. I know we couldn't get cavity wall insulation as not all our wall were. I can pull the extractor hose about and check though. Do you think it be possible fix the celotex...

Thanks Richard. That's a perfect description. I added a couple of other pictures now. So i can fill all gaps between the wall and the celotex with thin slithers of celotex and foil tap to fill all the gaps. I was thinking of putting some thin bits of wood onto the wall and fixxing celotex to...