Recent content by bigal43

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind

Hi Frank Really good advice. .thank you. I have had another look and the first option is no go. Definitely some kind of very hard cement type shell that seems to have been molded or maybe precast to the adjacent wall and the corner...forming a hollow, rectangular shell. .(no plaster board )...

I would be reluctant to do this as it's very well embedded into the rest of the wall. The house was built in 1895 and the room in question is on the upper story. The outer walls are original lath + plaster and Kent clay tiles on the outside for cladding. You could probably put your foot through...

Hi, Rennovating a bathroom and I will be fitting an electric shower...etc on the one side wall. Will have to get 15mm copper piped water supply and 45amp ...10mm electric cable power supply, to the unit, which my local registered electrician + plumber will do. So - i am wanting to ceate a very...

Thanks. ..but I have decided to go the roof vent option. Any kind of drilling in that section. ..I think would invite disaster!

Hi everyone. ..thanks for your kind advice and replies. Noseall - why didn't I think of that! ? A vented roof tile looks like the way to go and something I could do. Thanks again to everyone

Hi everyone I am a reasonably skilled D.I.Yer. Currently looking to fit an extractor fan in the bathroom. Main issue is the 100mm hole required to fit the vent outside is near the apex of the 'dorma'...above the ceiling in the bathroom and it looks to be lathe and some kind of masonry /...

I don't think I need to get BC involved having thought about it and taking some advice from the contributors on this thread. the structure was converted more than 20 years ago as a 'hobby room' by the previous owner. it stored tons of junk as well as a large solid oak bench with sinks and...

I have seen other posts on other forums where councils have allegedly ordered 'illegal' conversions to be ripped out... stripping it back to bare bones so that its not comfortable as a 'habital' room. I dont know how true that is...or if it could be enforced even..given all the austerity...

thanks Ozington. that and the other reply from bernardgreen concerning the need for linked smoke alarms I am very grateful for - thank you.

why so hostile..I came to this forum to hopefully get some advice from more experienced members ...but seems I was mistaken. ..Instead I get condescending childish responses like this.

thanks for your cryptic comment. .don't really know what you are saying. .a safe conversion is a safe conversion. ...and homework leads to sleep overs...? really odd...

the smoke alarms are not interconnected. thanks for the advice. ..definitely not something to compromise on. which ones would you recommend?

so no one should convert a loft then..or ever spend more than 10 minutes in one? I fully understand how deadly co2 and other gases can be which is why I have invested in 2 new smoke detectors and another c02 alarm...that will be in the loft itself. my question was really about existing...

so your opinion then is that a loft whether fully passed all its regs or not..is not suitable for children at all? so if a fire starts in the kitchen. ..how can the loft be the first place that fills with smoke? assuming by 'the worst' you mean fire.