Recent content by Red15

Thanks for the reply, why would you suggest to fit the insulation tight to the wall rather than batten or frame first to leave a gap/cavity and then insulation?

Hi, the walls in our house have been fitted with a damp proof membrane on the walls on the ground floor and the first floor (the type you might see used in basements) this is fitted straight to the wall and then battened and plasterboarded over. I have just started removing the plasterboard and...

Thanks for your input, Couple of questions... why would I need to remove plaster? Could'nt I just fix battens straight to the existing plastered walls and then screw insulated plasterboard straight to them? Also why would'nt any of those comply to building regs? What does the U-value have to be...

Thanks for the replies so far, everyone seems to have a different opinion regarding EWI and IWI

Hi everyone, I'm in a dilemma,. I'm planning on starting some renovation works on my house, the original and biggest part of the house is roughly 100 years old, it has no cavity wall and no insulation, the extension at the back is around 15 years old and has cavity wall insulation. I am going...

So I've taken on the challenge of tiling my whole bathroom top to bottom, I have very little tiling experience only the second time I've ever done it. I'm half way through at the moment but can see a slight issue coming up, there is going to be a 10mm gap fading down to nothing as it goes along...

The plan is to batten and felt on top of the joists and then fix box profile metal sheets on top

Think the existing are over 1 meter apart, im planning on doing them at 400 centres and put 2 rows of noggins in

Thanks for the replies guys

Do the wall plates need to be bedded in cement or are the straps sufficient enough on their own?

It may even be considered a flat roof as there isn't much of a slope to it, i think i will go ahead and use the 6 x 2, could truss clips be another option to fix them to the wall plate?

A few weeks back a section of my garage roof blew off, i have decided that im going to replace the full roof due to its poor condition. It is approx 6m x 4m, with a single slope (i beleive its called a mono-pitch roof?) I have already got enough 6x2 timber that i could use but need some advise...