Recent content by Maymo

What thickness insulation would you use?

Thanks for the reply, I was really looking for advice on how to do the job, I'm not really looking for free schemes. I'm part way through insulating under the wooden floor and am now thinking about the next stage. I do have access to the underside of both floors.

In my 1930's semi I have a solid concrete slab as part of the floor, the other part is suspended wooden floor, with a cellar underneath, should I insulate the concrete slab and if so what insulation should I use and how should I attach it?

I have a 1930's semi-detached house with a cellar that is slightly damp, I understand that this is ok because it is below the DPC. I have air bricks at ground level on the outside of my cavity wall. The air brick is not sleeved through the cavity wall. The air can flow into the open cavity and...

This picture might help to explain it

Hi, I'm trying to fit mouseproof mesh over some air bricks in a cavity wall. The mesh has a plastic boarder that is approx 10mm wide and is mounted on the surrounding bricks, either screwed or glued. The problem is that the wall is rendered to just above the top of the air brick, so the air...