Recent content by gerryb

hello all Im working on a small Victorian Terrace with a Ground Floor Bay Window i recently bought. At some point in the past the Bressumer Beam was removed and upvc windows were installed and the beam was replaced with dry stacks of 2 x 4 resting on the windows (!). Ive rebuilt the internal...

Thanks - the N number is most useful. cheers

Hello im getting new windows in a single height bay window in a 1870 victorian terrace i assume the original windows would have been timber and built with a Bressumer beam to support the brickwork above them. thats all long gone and the existing upvc windows are held in by expanding foam and...

hello, its a suspended floor and yes fitted units including some floor peninsula units with a dishwasher and washing machine and i cant see or smell or feel any leaks at least at floor level.

i have that familiar dusty smell in the house and want to cure it. but i cant find the source. Its a small red brick terrace - cavity wall. Its had a repaired roof this year after some leaks via the chimney, and its got a full width extension on the back, put on in 2016 - four years before...

Thanks. I’ll pop them in, save a 15 mile round trip to the tip. Im maybe a little obsessed with the idea of water vapour at the moment!

Hello Is it ok to put off cuts of plasterboard as sound insulation behind hardie board which will be tanked on an internal stud bathroom wall? I’ve got 25mm jablite in there already. or will they soak up condensation and go mouldy etc… apologies for full question!

Just to say Terryplumb is an absolute diamond. All now sorted. Thanks again mate.

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Okay. I’m in the north west.

No but a voltage sensor confirms there is power in all the wires.

Three switches. The top floor one first as it had the loose wire. And has only five wires not the six I was expecting. can you help?

No because top floor switch stopped working. Due to a wire that had come loose. The ground floor single switch works fine. The first floor switch to the first floor landing works fine. The first floor switch to the 2nd floor landing and the 2nd floor switch to landing and upstairs bedroom are...