Recent content by bloydie

Hi, I have been having my house refurbished and was looking for some electrical advice. I have had one builder / kitchen fitter install spot lights in my kitchen (think screwfix ones). Due to the builders being slow with the work I hired another electrician that I used previously to fit some...

Hi, When you say forget about it, are you referring to foiling the whole lot or just part of it? I havent done this before so please excuse the daft questions do i need to make sure it can breath along the top? Could i not leave a slight gap or pop a few wholes in the foil. I know it must...

Hi, I have recently puchased an old house. I have an old open fireplace. I went outside and noticed I have smoke coming out of both chimneys on the external wall. Now the chimney i expect it to come out of has majority of the smoke 90%. The other chiney belongs to my bedroom which is above...

Hi, I havent put up any foil yet. In the picture is old lining that was there when i bought the house. I was look to install the foil over the batterns so there will be about 3/4 inches between the foil and the tile.

I was hoping for some advice. I have recently purchased an old house which has the old style roof i.e. tiles cemented on wood slats. I wanted to get the loft boarded so i could use it was a store room. I got a quote to board the area (double layered). Obviously this reduces my head room as the...