insulation

Hi, in a loft cupboard I have a wall that looks poorly insulated. I'm wondering what the easiest and cheapest option is to improve it? I'm a basic DIYer and paying a builder in London to do the job would probably be more expensive than the energy it'll save over 50 years... so I should do...

Hi all, First off - I've read the pinned condensation in loft thread and I reckon that answers my condensation / insulation related questions but have 3 Qs for those more experienced than me! I live in a Victorian terrace and I'm getting issues with condensation damp on my bedroom ceiling and...

I’m currently installing lats to attach my insulated plasterboard to and wondered what spacings I should use. For contexts I have under-boarded the rafters with 100mm insulation. Now attaching lats (1x2) to the rafters through the insulation with 200mm screws. The insulated plasterboard is...

Hi everyone, hoping someone would provide some guidance if possible. In my house one of the bedrooms gets a bad damp problem from condensation, this looks to be the worst I’ve seen it. It was built in the 1950’s, there has been insulation laid in the attic, only on the ceiling level which I...

Is this ok? I ripped down an old lath and plaster ceiling (immedately regretted it) firstly doing an Asbestos Test via online lab - that was clear. Then put insulation straight over joists like this with 48MM thk insulation, and foam glue onto the walls (c. 5mm thk foam bead) : left air gap...

Hi, Looking for some advice and comments on insulating an old 1960's bungalow, specifically the loft area which has been split and one side converted into a dormer room. Essentially one side is the old loft area, and the other was converted and is the older style dormer room (pic attached). I...

I've had my loft insulated and boarded recently to turn into a loft room. It's only been 5 months and I now have this brown sticky substance coming out but only in one place. I've cut a hole in the new boarding to see what's going on but it feels quite dry. We have a newish roof without any...

Hi all, looking for some advice on a new project I am hoping to get done this month.... I'm planning to build some some built in bookcases in the alcoves in our dining room (see attached pics plus one of the kind of thing I am thinking). The main issue is it's an end of terrace wall which...

I'm actually in Sweden but I'm a brit so thought I'd try on this forum. We have an old (150 yr old) log cabin which I am renovating, currently insulating the upstairs. 2 x 4 stud walls with 100mm celotex between studs, VCL, then 50mm Celotex over studs. The walls are very uneven so there is a...

I've read a lot of threads like this, but don't think I've found quite my answer yet (which probably just means I haven't found the right thread yet). I've got an integral garage on my 1930s house. The previous owners constructed over the top of it so our en-suite and half of my sons bedroom...

Hi, Can I grind down the front surface a breezeblock wall once its in place? This screen shot, from a video we took when adapting the house, shows the breezeblock wall level with the outer level of c and d. I want to remove c and d, so how can I get the breezeblock back to that same...

We have a problem with white mould on our rafters, which has been put down to poor ventilation. I am hoping for some advice on how to improve our situation ... This is a late 19th century terrace house with a London pitch or butterfly roof, which gives us two completely separate, shallow loft...

Hello everyone. I'm hoping someone could assist me with a bit of a dilemma. Around 2020, we carried out some renovation to our 1930's semi-detached home. As part of the renovation, the whole ground underfloor, which is suspended with a metre or less drop, was insulated with mineral/rock wool...

When I had my loft converted, the builders did not insulate the eaves, just the wall separating the inside of my house from the eaves space. Building control were fine with this. I think the builders did a good job, they just chose to insulate the easier surface (the wall) and at the time I...

Have brick-built barn, which has been previously converted by putting timber studding about 30cm from inner brick wall and covering with Kingspan. 2 of the rooms are at angles to the rest of the building and are much colder, both single story with vaulted ceilings. Both have huge draughts...

We are erecting a steel portal frame 8m x 12m i have positioned the 9 inch treated purlins with small wooden blocks beneath them so I can attach white corrugated tin beneath the wooden blocks will enable the edges of the corrugated tin to slide in, and sit over the i-beams by approximately 20 mm...

Renovating our study in a 1880s Tyneside terrace flat on the first floor. We have come across half brick/ half l&p internal walls multiple times while renovating other rooms in the flat. One (on the first floor) we removed altogether, the other (also first floor) we took out the bricks and...

Hi, I have a single-skin brick extension with a concrete flat roof from the 50s/60s that I’m getting re-covered. The concrete roof overhangs the exterior by 100-150mm. I’m trying to decide whether to go warm or cold roof. I originally thought warm but now I’m concerned about potential...

I removed some of the tiles on the rear tiled section between the ground and first floor on my 1960s Chalet style home to remove an unused old extractor vent. A piece of sarking felt was missing (for the old vent tube), and I could see half way towards the front of the house until an internal...

Hello all, I am currently converting my single skin garage into a useable space, I have already boarded and insulated the ceiling. My next job is putting a timber frame on the wall ( 38mm x 63mm CLS timber ) DPC behind the frame touching the brick, then insulate between the frame ( 50mm...