Recent content by Daniel_E_B

Victorian semi with a basement, which has a sump in a corner near the external wall. I bought the place with a sump pump installed and that's fine but the drainage arrangements are horrible. The outflow from the pump goes into a length of corrugated plastic drainage hose which heads up the...

In theory I could DIY it, yes, but the house is quite tall and I would brick it (pun intended) and there’s some guttering, waste and soil pipes that would need moving. A big, challenging DIY job.

I’ve considered external insulation, sure. It’s clearly the best option for thermal qualities and avoiding condensation. But it’s a big expensive job that needs to be done all at once and would be a bit odd on my Victorian semi if my cranky neighbour refused to also do it. I don’t live in a...

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Um, not more than 11 or 12mm in total I reckon. Maybe a bit less.

Ach, you're probably right. Maybe I'll do PIR or phenolic plasterboard in the kitchen.

I have to admit, in my kitchen which is the most exposed, chilly area of my property and where space really is an issue, I am tempted by this Proctor product, Spacetherm WL (wall liner) which is a board comprising 10mm of an aerogel mat bonded to 3mm of magnesium oxide sheet. It is specifically...

Yes, plaster is solid and paper-lined. Dot and dab on plaster? I don’t want to lose floor space with battens.

Narrow Victorian semi so single skin walls and no desire to lose significant floor area. I'm installing PIR board beneath the ground floor but what are the latest and greatest options to lower external wall thermal conductivity? I've read about various insulating plasters, renders, aerogels etc...

Not sure which forum is right for this - happy for mods to move it as needed... I have coaxial cables from a sat dish entering the ground floor of my house in two places, neither of which is where I want - so I plan to move or remove them. Looking from outside, both cable ingress points have a...