Recent content by chets42

if the wall plaster doesnt wobble to the touch, does it still need to all come off? Why to the wooden lathes need to be ripped out? would it make a difference to your answer if there was a layer of insulation between the lathes and the roof tiles?

Hello all, I have an attic room, some of the walls are sound, some move when you press them and some bits have crumbled completely. When we pulled all of the wall and ceiling paper off and big patch of wall came off with it. the house is 1901, is it lathe and plaster when there is lots of thin...

An interesting Idea. Its not something I had considered, Thank you. I'll look into this some more. What sort of heater would I be looking for to supply a shower? I'm assuming it would require some sort of pump? Could you point me in the direction of any makes/models that are suitable for this...

I had not thought of that, it could be possible, but there are a couple of corners to get around. I will have a think/look/think/look about that.

No, there is only an electric supply.

We do Have a ground floor flat but that is on a totally different supply/meter/cu so it is not relevant to this project. It is fully certified and passed off. The rest of the ground floor to which this project involves is an extension, there is a lounge and a toilet. It is not a bed sit and...

Thanks for your reply, The cable will be over 50mm deep under floor boards ( the current cable is) and in the stud wall it will be vertically straight up to the CU. my undertanding of this is that this is in the safe zone. There will be part of the run of the cable that will be visible...

Thanks for your reply, ( and thank you for reading the post.) It is a domestic property and is , like you said on a 100amp main switch. The ground floor on the first consumer unit has only 1 ring and lighting so I think the loading from that is minimal. I understand your calculations (the...

First of all I will get an electrician to fit the new consumer unit. This post is about running a cable while I can still get to it easily. The current setup: Consumer unit downstairs feeds an 80amp fuse ( right next to downstairs cu) which feeds an upstairs consumer unit about 15meters...

No its a rubbish door at the moment. do i need a fire door frame too?

Hello, i have suddenly become worried about a bedroom that my kids sleep in being next to the kitchen. we have smoke and heat alarms that are mains wired and wireless connected, but i am thinking about putting a 30 min fire door on to. would any one know how much it would cost to get someone to...

This is advice from an online shop but are they just trying to sell me unnecessary stuff? 1. Decouple the ceiling using 15mm deep Resilient Bars with 30mm (2 x 15mm) of high density Acoustic Plasterboard screwed to them. 2. Install as a loose fit 100mm of AMW100 Acoustic Mineral Wool...

i need to sound proof the up stairs floor of my house to building regs standards. i have put rock wool inbetween the joists, will screw the floorboards down firmly. But then i have been told to put down a sound deadening matt. and then a floating floor on top of that. Is this right and can i buy...

many thanks, there is a timber merchant in the town i live in, job done.

could anyone share with me the best place to get floorboards from for an old 1912 terraced house. I need to replace a few split and broken ones but the type sold in B+Q are too wide and not deep enough. (no one will see the end result, it will be covered) Thanks.