Recent content by 00

Not sure that a sliding door helps with the problems I have with this doorway. Still need to level to make the doorway look normal. A pivoting door allows me to install the wardrobe to the right without worrying about the gap I need for the door opening and, frankly, I prefer pivoting doors...

The doorway isn't directly to a shower tray itself. It is to a large wardrobe size room that has a shower at the other end. I just need a door to separate the shower room from the bedroom (noise, draughts etc). Needs to be face fix as is a very narrow doorway already 610mm so don't want to lose...

Bedrooms in my house had built in wardrobes and previous owner put a shower in one and cut a narrow 600 doorway from one to the other and boarded original wardrobe door off. It seems that this wall must have had two different thicknesses end to end as one side of the door is flush with the door...

Hi all, I'm insulating the pitch of the roof and I have a tricky bit around the chimney where there are noggins in the way of the normal airflow path What would be the best way to deal with this? I've considered filling the bit between the chimney and the joists with expanding foam...

Yeah the noggins are 20mm smaller and that is why I drilled a few extra 16mm and also to cope with some saggy sarking felt reducing that gap smaller. These noggins were put in underneath gable straps as per Structural Engineer drawings. But what I'm talking about aren't noggins, they are...

Hi guys, I'm installing celotex between rafters (and below, but that's later). I have already drilled the top of the normal noggins under gable straps with 16mm holes to allow airflow but the small space between the gable wall and the last truss is a bit tricker as there are also other joists at...

Great thanks for the reassurance of the plasterboard fixing technique. More wood and fixings to buy but saved me the price of a Structural Engineer fee! Yeah I'm Insulating between and below the rafters with celotex (ridge and eaves ventilation getting installed this week). Many reasons why...

Thanks tony. I probably need to get up there or get some binoculars and have a proper look to check the external but nothing obvious. There are lots of gaps and dodgy mortar work around those blocks. Is it worth doing a bit of repointing on these and perhaps in the larger cracks also? or...