Recent content by Orby1

Thanks Alistair/everybody! Yes, the hearth/plinth/whatever it is, is just built on top of the existing floor and up to the skirting board, and yes it was under an electric fire. Thanks again. :D

Those aren't tiles under there, it's the plastic kinda foam damp-course stuff. Or at least I presume that's what it is! Thanks Alastair, couple of questions mate..: Do you mean PVA glue? What do you mean by backfill? I was planning on basically just chucking a load of cement in and...

Hiya, I knocked out a hearth today, that we didn't want. Problem is, as I was knocking it out, some of the cement from below came out with it, there was nothing I could do, I tried not to! Anyway it loks like I'm down to the damp course. I was happy thinking I could just smooth over...

Hiya, thanks for your advice, people. :D Yes I do need to use the loft boards afterwards to put stuff on, so I can't just lay more insulation on the top. As I said, the current rafters are 8cm high. I would prefer to raise the height of these by 15-20cm by adding extra timbers on top (cross...

Hiya, Our new place is about 15yrs old and only has 10cm of loft insulation, squashed down to 8cm on one side by loft boards. I need to add to this. My plan is to just put some 6x2 inch timber across the rafters, fasten it down and fill with 6" (15cm) of roll-out insulation. Then I can put...

Hiya. First post here, so go easy on me! We moved into our new place about 6 months ago and have been gradually doing it up. I've been taking the guttering off to treat and paint the facias properly, and have snapped a few of the 'clasps' holding the seperate bits of the old grey guttering...