Recent content by bigi

We moved into a 1968 house last year and we are about to start on renovation of the front room next year. the job is going to be a complete tear down as pretty much everything needs sorting....uneven floor, uneven sagging ceiling and an awful skim job on the walls! We are also planning to...

I've spent some time reinforcing half the floor in our new loft, sistering joists and adding noggings, new boards - much improved! I've just knocked a wall down to build onto gable end, and want to improve the other half of the bouncing floor. I can't sister these joists as easily due to the...

great thanks for the replies, will look into a concrete lintel

I've uploaded some photos if it helps at all...

Thanks for your reply - photos may well help! i've attached some here. I fitted the fascia boards recently - they are full boards, not covers as the original wood was rotten and twisted. i think they decided to extend the garage length when building, as the "pillar" on the left of the door...

The wooden side door in our garage is disintegrating - i've already replaced the windows, but the door frame is supporting one of the roof joists in the centre of it. The door frame is 940mm wide; if i where to replace with a UPVC door will i need a lintel above it or will the frame be strong...

I need to replace the ridge tiles on a single story extension attached to the side of our house; it's in pretty poor condition, so thought is to replace the ridge tiles with a dry ridge system. I'm also going to replace the existing dry verge because it's currently held on wedged under tiles...

Thanks John, that might be the option to go for then as there will need to be a fair few sockets, RJ45 ports etc in there! i was looking at 25x50mm battens, to give a wide enough area for the board joints; and either OSB3 or hardwood ply 12mm - i suspect the ply would be a better option for...

Thank you for the replies John - appreciated! I've done D&D plasterboarding before as well as battened boards on ceilings etc; the only reason i hate it do much is because while they are straight vertically, they always end up being out from left to right :D I'm a bit torn tbh - battens would...

Sorry - always told i write a story instead of an email :D Ok - Questions: 1. The mishmash joists going round the pipework - now pipework isn't an issue, should i replace with correct joists or leave as is? 2. What insulation should I use behind the new boarding on the cavity wall - rockwool...

Anyone offer any assistance?

do you mean in regards to PD total space, or something else?

The semi-detached house we recently bought had a loft bedroom conversion done around 1987 by a company called Econoloft. They have hung the floor joists from two RSJ's spanning the room on either side, and made the floor on 18mm chipboard, then built the stud walls on top. at the gable end...

Hmm i did wonder if the roof pitch was a little shallow. just checked now and it's about 15' at the battens, so about 12.5' on the tiles. They appear to have used the same tiles as the main house roof.

I'm hoping for some advice before i spend money on what i think I need to repair our roof! The roof in question is a late 90's built single storey extension with concrete tiles. around 5-10 years ago the main roof and extension were "refurbished" by a company - i.e. sprayed and botched! we've...