Recent content by Cockneyuk

Thank you, I worked out the Vapour m3 yesterday but that’s a handy table. So am I right in thinking they have taken what was a warm unvented loft and sort of changed it to a cold vented loft ?

As am I. Which I why I’m asking for help to understand as I will have to move if they have turned what was our storage space into a cold loft where everything will get ruined as soon as it gets cold, that is why I need to understand as the loft hatch was moved specifically for us to access and...

As am I. Which I why I’m asking for help to understand as I will have to move if they have turned what was our storage space into a cold loft where everything will get ruined as soon as it gets cold, that is why I need to understand as the loft hatch was moved specifically for us to access and...

No pipes venting up there. Two old disconnected lead pipes but I’ve cut them and just need to bring them down. One went through the ceiling and down through a small bedroom and the others went nowhere. It’s only changed from a safe dry storage space to this since the insulation and vents were...

no it’s a dedicated sensor up there, I read it remotely.

Of which the added vents are supposed to combat which never made sense as we live by the coast, its a damp area prone to sea mist and low cloud, its just letting the outside in ? It's possible some warmth is seeping up I guess, I have no way of telling. Yes and thats exactly what's happened with...

I get the physics side of condensation, what im trying to understand and hopefully rectify is why I cant store anything in there now. 7 years and not a problem, no major heat leaking though the ceilings and old insulation (lathe & plaster ceiling), obviously that I know of. Loft hatch is new...

No it's been placed down the eaves. They took the roof tiles off to install it as they didnt have the room to push it down, you cant really see it from inside the loft. The Knaff roll insulation is under the bad boarding. As I said we have sloping ceilings upstairs, they have cut and pushed...

This is the loft/crawl space

Welcome to my nightmare. They lifted the tiles, put the Celotex in, from memory they said there was still room for some ventilation. I don’t know. I understand IT, fibre optics and can build you an amplifier that will loosen your windows but lofts, no clue. All I know is it was fine. It’s no...

I need some advice on my loft space if anyone can help as I’m getting nowhere with my H/A and need to understand what I’m being told and what I’m talking about in response. We have a very small loft in a 1920’s built coastal house. Roof is sound, no leaks roof tiles not slate. The loft was...

Thanks, yes I have looked at the rubber alternative and it looks good. So the tarpaulin he’s put under the felt isn’t anything I need worry about then?

About three years, the rest of it looks perfect

Yes the roof is fully felted. I believe the guy who built it just pulled the felt too tight on the corners which has now caused the split along the edge. I probably won't be able to get out again today to take a picture due to mobility issues but I can certainly try tomorrow. This is why im...

I inherited a shed when I moved house, larger than I could afford to either buy or build and I'm keen to keep it standing. I just went in and discovered the ceiling is damp and I have a small, maybe 6" split in the felt where they guy who built it has pulled it tight on a 90deg angle at the...