Recent content by ajrobb

I guess the problem is trying to make a 'engineering' grade joint between an old joist and a new beam.

Watch out that the outlet is below ground; a condensation drain outlet waving in the breeze will freeze. Yes, there is black waterproof exterior insulation and the joints should be taped.

I agree with Static, unfortunately effective sound installation is heavy. That said I used to have a 50 gallon CWS tank in the roof supported on 4 trusses when the house was built in 1978. Avoid putting anything on the joists as they will bend. In the case of the CWS tank, my builders ran...

I would have thought that a LLH should also maintain nearly 20°C between boiler flow and return in order to maximise condensing efficiency while protecting the boilers. Ideally the LLH pump(s) should modulate with boiler output to keep to 20°C rise. However, it the LLH tries to maintain 20°C but...

Plasterboard is barely able to take its own weight safely. Surely if you want it to support 4 times its weight in loose lime plaster you would not get enough screws in.

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/miniguides/lofts/Lofts.pdf :oops: You might not have any PD rights in your area, so check with LA. In you are in a conservation area in Brighton then move. :cry:

If you still get analogue TV then wait as the digital signal could get stronger after switch over. (I appreciate that in Sussex we will be the last to get switched over.)

Unless there has been a recent change, a dormer is not 'Permitted Development'. I thought it has to be Velux with the lowest glazing at least 1.7m above the floor.

I short answer is 'not for XP'. http://ark.intel.com/products/42801 suggests a FSB of 800 MHz. http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5G41TM_LX/ states RAM is supported to 1333 MHz (over clocking) or 1033 or 800 MHz normal. Have a look at the RAM again - it should not be 133...

You do not say if this is a downstairs ceiling. I only mention it because replacing heavy lathe-and-plaster with lightweight plasterboard will increase the sound between between the storeys unless treated (resistant bar/soundbloc).

A boiler like a Viessmann Vitodens with Lamba sensor will save up to 10% over a normal condensing boiler as it burns richer so heating less air.

Without interest payments, countries could afford to live with a shrinking economy. Most people could benefit from efficiencies in modern production, enjoying increasing higher standard of living, leisure and savings for less work. As it is, people in the South East for instance pay (or...

There is a theory that banks syphon off wealth above basic poverty earnings to pay their backers. The 'normal' economic model requires that economy must grow just to pay the interest on the government borrowings to enable them to borrow more. In time of depression governments default on their...

http://www.british-gypsum.com/products/plasterboard___accessories/gyproc_thermal/gyproc_thermaline_plus.aspx This is closed foam for moisture resistance.

There are digital camera backs for larger medium-format cameras as there are depth of field affects that cannot be supplied by small formats. I think these can very expensive. It would be nice if a 35mm camera could have a 36x24 sensor glued over the film aperture. The pressure plate might be...