Recent content by IanNE

Anyone recommend were I could get some brown engineering bricks from?

I'm wanting a garden wall built with approx 3400 bricks , pillars and footings dug, about 20m long, what sort of price would it cost for just labour ?

Ok thanks for that, is this because the 200mm rockwool is not enough? I'll take a look at pricing for 30mm celotex.

Also do I need a vapour barrier on the cold side or not? Building control never mentioned it?

Had some building work done, and after installing various lintels, I was greeted by a downfall of polystyrene beads that had been used for insulation at some point, lost quite a bit from the side and rear of house. Question being, how can I replace this? Do I need to get more polystyrene...

Would that not make things extremely expensive, plus I'd need another layer of boards on top of them.

Also do I need a vapour barrier for the floor joists above garage, nothing has been mentioned from building control regarding this though.

I have 200mm knauff rockwool insulation between my joists in the garage with bedrooms above, its not plasterboarded yet, would you think thats sufficient as its all I can fit in the joists or would you recommend adding further celotex then plasterboard it or am I wasting time/money? I also...

Hopefully the thinner ribbed stuff is still ok for cleaning shoes ok, I know the coir is really good. Thanks for the advice Dave.

I need an entrance mat for my polyfloor/karndean style flooring its around 4/5mm thick. The mat will cover the first 1m of the entrance, would I be better off with the coir style matting or ribbed style? I knowm if I fit coir I will need to recess as its pretty thick, but the ribbed would not...

I have purchased some oak veneer doors from B&Q and would like to know the best product to finish them with.. I've had a quick look on the new and osmo polyx looks to be popular.. Also would a matt or satin finish look better? Thanks

I have an integral double garage and require the roof space of the garage insulating, above this is the bedrooms, the joists are 8"x6" timber.. Would it be ok to put standard 200mm rockwool type insulation inbetween these held up using this netting...

Hello Adam thats an example picture and I have the same board but with free ways available. I wanted to add either x1 unprotected MCB or RCBO. So a suitable MCB/RCBO would need to be fitted although unprotected. Could a jumper be used, or am I missing something easier than modifying the...

I've added the below photo of a wylex consumer unit. How would the configuration be changed to add either an unprotected MCB or an RCBO. Is it a case of modifying the busbar or adding a separate feed wire for the standalone mcb/rcbo.