Recent content by Charollaise

Thanks a million Guys! That's incredibly reassuring... I'd been thinking that as long as I made sure the pipe going up through the plasterboard ceiling was incredibly tight, that was my best insurance but sounds like it'll be fine. Cheers!! Now - must get to work...

I'm currently installing waste pipework for wc and basin in my first floor bathroom. Some time in the future I will be installing a shower room directly above, on the second floor. In readiness for this, I'm taking the pipework up through the ceiling (capped above) using the appropriate...

omg... today's interesting discoveries... nothing's fallen down yet so that's a bonus! :P I removed bathroom inner wall, no problems - large timber along wall much better condition further away from the corner. Brilliant. Part way through doing bedroom, went to knock what I thought was a...

Thanks very much for that Rigidraider... I'll try and suss it out over Christmas... ;-) am brain-dead this time of night for anything remotely technical! More thoughts from today's work at the house... The inner skin that's been created inside the rear wall really hasn't done the...

Thanks very much mointainwalker, am pretty sure now it is only floor joists I'm concerned about, be they the ones spanning the 'open' space, or the ones running along/set into the walls supporting those. My DIY/'builder' chap and I have been carefully dismantling and revealing what's in the...

Thanks for replies so far! I'm dangerous on a single glass of red - though Calvados... peut-être ça me ferait du bien?! Removing/replacing the timbers is what I had in mind but because they provide support for the floors they'll need to be replaced with something similar. Neat idea if...

I’ve several DIY renovations/conversions behind me (own homes) and recently bought a three storey plus cellar, terraced town house to become my own flat, plus give me work/income possibilities. With the help of a friend with similar experience (but more effective muscles than my middle-aged...

S'Funny... but I read it (laughing) with the Chinese Proverb in mind... "Be careful what you wish for..."

Thanks for your response. I think it's all relatively new, just that the winter temperature here regularly drops to minus mid-teens, and nothing much was protected - tiny bit of modern dark grey foam tube lagging in the cellar. The water's been turned off since I completed and while I'm...

I’m a newbie on here so please go gently if I get anything a bit wrong? Thank you!! Am trying to work out the pros and cons of either starting from scratch and totally replacing all the pipework and radiators in the house I’ve just bought, (total renovation required) or working with the...

Lived full time in Burgundy, France since 2004, separated over a year ago, just bought my own Major Renovation Project... (gulp) and will be picking the brains of various amongst you on probably just about everything over the next year/two. It certainly does seem to get lively in here on...