Recent content by BN83

@Scally-Ho If the angles of the wall / ceilings / roof / hatch etc don't allow for a full length joist should I just put a joist from the outside wall (left in original photos) to above the bedroom walls, so essentially across the landing?

@Scally-Ho absolutely will do - not going to cheap out on this. My thinking of potential cuts and new supports/noggins are like this... But I've seen other things saying you need to double up on joists all the way around so would that mean the noggin joist either end of the loft hatch (far...

Thanks for this - and I could be wrong, but I need to cut through joists the other way - right angled to them?

We're about to get the keys to our first house and have a list of jobs we're going to be doing in order. The first one is to sort the loft out before we move anything in as we can imagine it being a pain in the bum to sort later with stuff in the loft. The current loft hatch is absolutely tiny...

Oh, I’ve seen lots of posts where people are using hive with water systems, thought that was the norm in the UK? British Gas offer it for use with their gas central heating. And the hive website says it works with multi zone. Guess I will just return it!

Any suggestions?

Cheers but a lot of that is over my head! I know that a thermostat just turns a boiler on/off until it reaches a desired heat. That’s what our current thermostats do and I assumed that Hive thermostats would just replace the ones. We just want to replace the ones we have to be able to control...

Took some photos from inside the boiler, attached.

Hi guys, I have just purchased a Hive 2 on offer at screwfix with a couple of bulbs, seemed like a great offer to take the plunge... I’m not going to attempt a self install unless I feel completely confident, I have both a plumber and electrician friend, either of who I will get in if I’m not...