Recent content by lawlor

Yeah defo the village idiot. Work done on old buildings often lime is specified. Lime breaths Cement does not. Lime is a great product and has its uses, Cement is also a great product. Cornish Lime Co, are not too far away from me so can get all materials from them. pointing with putty will...

HI, I started a rather large job a month or so back, hacking off all the plaster from the inside of the house and pointing it, this was because the how was very damp. Its an early 1900s house built from brick and lime. Obviously like most places had been skimmed with gypsum on teh inside and...

a small update, went to stove place to talk to them about it. install form them is £360 which seems ok. he said the Burleys have had a good reception from customers and sell well. I have also cracked on with getting the chimney breast sorted. old crap removed. Will email Cornish Lime Co later...

Hugh your fire will be oabout 5-15% efficient so heating a house with open fires is hard, my folks do it... two open fires and and old wellstood range. A modern 90% efficient stove is a different world. Hot water can be heated via an immersion, and if needed you can put night storage heaters in...

Thats true but old buildings need to breath. The pointing probs does need to be replaced but The main thing is whatever u put on the walls that at least one side, inside or outside and breath to let any trapped moister out which will obv be the case as the house has no DPC. Im soon to start...

yeah will do, From what i see even if its 80% as the best jotuls, morsos etc i would have saved some cash and bought British! :-) If they are right i get an amazing 90% efficient stove! Just going up to teh local stove place in a min to talk to them about the other bits first. I have a...

each to their own in that case. Jobs like that always annoy me in the future. Sounds like OP has the time and space to almost Gut the house first which would seem like a good idea.

read up on it. and see how it works. looks good to me. lots of bits on it that other stoves dont have.

Ok, Have answered my own question am going to use Lime Putty based mortar. and am now also looking into other lime products as i think some of the damp issues in the house could be due to the use of external and internal modern finishes. and the Cornish supplier of lime products is...

ah just re-read, i though you ment PB the whole ceiling over the lath and plaster ceiling. My bad.

Very exciting!!! good luck with it! As for no gas bills thats what is making me go down the wood burner route. I was going to buy a cheap burner £250 ish and DIY install but once i saw the Burley and compare quality it was such a difference! They are cheaper than the morsos and Jotuls. and...

good plan, rip that down plus all you dodgy probably blown plaster from the walls. start fresh with a nice blank canvas! which i had that opportunity! Oh and if you do get a wood burner save the laths... best kindling you will ever get! :-)

Im just saying what the manufactures say when you use separate PB and insulation. the other benefit of leaving an airgap is that you can attach stuff to the battens shelves etc, or to the PB without damaging your vapour barrier

Owain surely thats just a bad bodge? best get rid of it all, laths included or repair it properly.

the concrete floor should have been put on a DPC if not you would know as the concrete would be very damp. You often find in these old properties that they dry out quite well once you have the heating/fire lit.