Recent content by mwebber

Well yes, but the floor warranty isn’t the issue here. They have no opinion on whether the floor is laid parallel, perpendicular or at 45 degrees to the pipe runs. The original post wasn’t really about floor warranty it was about the guidelines from the UFH companies that produce these overlay...

We are literally just about to crack on with this - and we are laying herringbone style direct onto the overlay panels (with 3mm underlay) Having spoke to various people at the UFH supplier, I think the reality is that the guidance about needing to pour 10mm compound when laying herringbone is...

Hi all, Does anyone have any knowledge on the fundamental differences between ‘silicone enhanced’ and ‘full silicone’ renders? Renderer recommended Johnstones, who do both silicone enhanced and full silicone. I thought I’d been clear with the builder that we were expecting full silicone, but...

I shared my experience as there are some parallels that I thought might be useful. Then i asked the OP if they are able to find out when the work was done. It might be an important detail. Sorry for trying to contribute.

We moved house a year ago into a property with a loft conversion done in 1980. Surveyor flagged a load of things that weren’t compliant with current regs. But, the fact that it doesn’t comply with current regs is not a problem - it complied with the regs at the time it was built, which is what...

I’m preparing to install wet UFH throughout the ground floor using an overlay panel system (xps400). The manufacturer has advised (as they all seem to) that engineered wood can be laid directly onto the panels (with a few mm of underlay), but that we should lay the planks at 90 degrees to the...

Thanks all - helpful responses. It won’t be a botch - we’ve got a steel going in rather than brackets bolted to the wall. We want to retain it in the first floor bedroom as it has a striking period fire place and generous room proportions work well with a chimney breast. We also can’t remove it...

Hi, I’ve spent hours trawling through previous posts, here and elsewhere, about taping and tanking backer boards and I’m left feeling a bit bamboozled. Different products, different combinations of products, different contexts, different opinions… Builders have done the shower room in a new...

I’ve got builders about to commence with removing the ground floor chimney breast from our 1890 semi-detached house. It’s on an external wall rather than party wall. We are retaining the chimney breast in first floor and above (though it won’t be used). The steel and associated structural work...

Perhaps helpful to add the joists are 150mm deep. This particular joist is about 1m wide and rests on a bearer wall at both ends.

I’ve currently got all the floorboards up in our Victorian semi and I’m attending to a few things while I’ve got the chance. I’ve posted a few times about related queries and here is the next one… The hallway currently has no direct ventilation. I’ve knocked out a couple of bricks below joist...

No, it’s suspended timber throughout. There is a small section within the kitchen which has a brick structure which looks like it has been knocked out and replaced with timber bearers and joists at some point, but no solid floor (except the outdoors toilet)

No… we moved in at the start of July and are renovating (it’s a proper doer-upper) There are no signs that the limited airflow have been a problem thus far and it’s been that way for over 100 years… but we are insulating between the joists and will then seal with an airtight membrane before...

I’ve got all the floorboards up throughout my Victorian semi, and have discovered that although the bearer walls are honeycombed, the main supporting walls that divide the rooms on the ground floor are completely solid with no airflow from one space to another. This means that the two rooms...

Prices for T&G are higher than square edge 18mm structural ply. There’s obviously a reason for that, but I’m trying to bring it in on a tight budget. I can’t install noggins because there is insulation slung between joists, so I’m planning to lay 18mm structural ply across the joists (ie...