Recent content by David Lindon

I'm a competent DIY'er but know nothing about roofs so I want to see what my options are here. I have a void above part of my garage (the other half joins the house and there is a room above so I'm only takling about what is shown inteh photos). I would like to board the area for storage and...

I have joists 5cm x 20cm spaced roughly 40cms apart spanning a 3.5m square room and the floor has a slight bounce allowing the flooboards to flex and squeak. I'm not sure what type of wood the joists are made of but it is quite soft. I'm going to lift and replace the floorboards and at the same...

I've spotted this in our attic, any idea what it is? The house was built in 1986

Thanks but I can't get to the offending area without taking off the kickboards

I have a bathroom unit with a terrible draught. Using a mirror looking down inside of the cupboard I can see a large hole where the pipes enter, to get at it I need to remove this plinth/kickboard but it almost feels glued in place. Definitely not like removing a kitchen kickboard held on by the...

I would like to add some insulation to these walls in the garage as the bathroom is noticably colder as it juts out into the garage. Is something like this the best way to go - https://www.screwfix.com/p/ybs-superquilt-multi-layer-reflective-foil-insulation-5-x-1-5m/80967