Recent content by elfinblues

The extension was certainly planned in 1998 (I have seen the plans drawn up then) so I presume it was built that same year or 1999. No, I am not 100% sure it is cavity but the walls are thick, so I would assume so. They are dry lined on the inside. I'm not worried about disruption inside as...

Hi everyone. I'm hoping that someone might be able to suggest the best way forward for me to insulate some tricky walls in our ground floor extension. We live in a mid-terrace house, and we want to improve the heat retention of the single-storey ground floor extension that previous owners...

Thank you GrogSym. Is it still worth putting in an additional damp proofs membrane, though, when you ultimately have to screw up through it to fix your plasterboards to the joists? And thank you Catlad. I had a look at the Celotex website and found the "Between and Under Joist Applications"...

I have read lots of posts on DIYnot forum to try and understand our problem with a cold ground floor extension and many have been really useful, though there are often different opinions, which gets a bit confusing for someone who is completely new to the subject of flat roof insulation...

Hello! This is my first post here, so thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to help. I am finally getting around to doing up the bathroom in a house we moved into a few years ago. My question is this: The very base of the toilet pan is cracked where it is screwed to the floor - no leaks...