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I've actually put on the multi layered foil and cladded on top, but the difference is not that massive. Thanks for the reply, PIR might just have to do, was just worried about weight though. Presumably the PIR boards can be glued in place with some low modulus sealant/adhesive to make up for...

So an idea creeped in my head these past couple of days, might be the dumbest thing to creep up, might be something... I have a conservatory with 25mm polycarbonate roof sheets on self supporting beams, classic conservatory kind of a thing. Tried to look online to change it to foam panels with...

So would pillars made out of 3.6N thermalite bricks and a doubled joist across in top be sufficient to support it, possibly stiffen it more?

Took a picture. Joists are 47x175. Distance between them is not consistent, ranging from 35cm to 40cm. There is a wooden dwarf wall which was there.

Not sure what "38 x 195 sections" means, but the joints are at 35cm to 40cm, they are not equal, BUT some have twisted and that is visible (could explain the different distances between joists. Wobbling is, again, when you jump on the floor or a child runs on it (approx 30kg). I can't feel the...

Sorry, not very specific. When people walk hard the floor essentially wobbles, you can see this on the table in the living room which shakes (metal frame with glass top) and you can feel the wobble in the other room when my son runs around. From underneath the joists do not move, or I can't feel...

Hi all. Living in an omd bungalow and I want to add some pillars under the house (approx 1m of crawling space underneath). My diy mind thinks like this: Pillars up to approx 0.9m and then joists that run opposite the current joists. I want to do this because the floor is wobbly-ish and I just...

Thanks, just wanted some advice and a view as to whether this would be the way or not... Also wanted confirmation on whether c16 timber would be ok or not, as it is a fairly large window opening (1,75m x 1,2m).

Hi all. I added an extension to my house and the new bedroom only had a window leading outside. Now that window leads into the kitchen (extension). Am about to add a window in different wall and would like to take the window out and "complete" the wall. I have a couple of C16 47x100 timbers...

This was my understanding for repressuring the expansion vessel. I think there were air pockets in the system as well, because air kept coning out of the rads (from the 2 tower rads, highest point), so when I refilled it i left all rads open until water started coming out without hissing...

UPDATE Drained the system (took too long) and repressurised the expansion vessel. It had 0.4 BARs according to my reader(for a car). Bumped that to 0.75BARs as per the manual, then added inhibitor and filled the system, started the heating. 15 minutes into the cycle pressure went from 1BAR to...

Thank you all for the replies. From reading online I understand the easiest method to check whether the vessel is blown (or punctured/ruptured) is to release air via the valve on the upper side (on this model) and see whether water comes out. If water comes out it's punctured, therefore needs...

Thank you for the replies. Attached a picture 10 minutes into a heating cycle. The previous picture is just from before the cycle started, had zero pressure. I did not add any water in the system, left it at zero. Is the expansion vessel easy to change? Wouldn't do it myself, but just wondering...

Hi all. First post, prolific diy-er, just not that prolific when it comes to plumbing and electrical wiring. Have a Greenstar 24i boiler which, for the past few days has been throwing out a lot of water via the airing valve (the one outside, might be named differently). So I top it up to 1 bar...