Recent content by mikepercival

Thanks mrrusty and good point on the screws and plugs, hadn't thought of that!

Thanks mate, appreciate the help with this.

Hi benny, thanks for your thoughts on it and I agree on the thermal blocks, the house is full of them and they're nothing but trouble! I had a structural engineer check the cracks out while he was here looking at other stuff and he wasn't concerned by the cracks (he said it was likely that the...

I put a link in the last post so its being moderated but the short answer is yes, they're the thermal blocks! :)

Yeah, I'm just going off the name the architect put on the plans (we got the old plans when we bought the house) but yeah they're the grey thermal blocks. It's these: https://www.forterra.co.uk/thermalite-and-aggregrate-blocks/thermalite-aircrete-block-detail/thermalite-aircrete-turbo

Thanks John, I've added the images directly to the post!

After 3 years of being in our house we've finally come to do up the dining room which is an extension built in the late 80s. It's freezing in the winter because it's essentially got 4 external walls - 1 backs onto garage, 2 are external and the other one is the old external wall of the kitchen...