Recent content by Pringles

The offending insulation The roof interior looking to ridgeboard / looking down to eaves

1910s semi detached house with original roof. L shaped floorplan with room in roof above the bulk of the house (original rather than conversion), the eaves at front are inaccessible, the eaves at back have insulation in the joists below with planks ontop to form a storage space + plastic sheet...

Mhm fair point about lowering the existing stuff. I'd always thought raising the new would be the faffy bit on a ladder. With the need for pointing and windows reglazing as well hopefully buying a scaffolding tower will pay for itself here. My current gut feeling is that DIY or no I'll just get...

Pictures for reference Front of house Front of house w/ neighbour showing their less ornamental supports Front/Side showing lack of overhang. End of gutter having a particularly bad time Looking down the eaves from inside (weirdly the loft is half insulated) Rear (two ventilation bricks by...

Ramshackle new to me 1910s ish semi detached house that's kept its wooden gutters for a respectable 110 years. The gutters however are blocked, rotten, and in places about to fall off. Damp has ruined the interior plasterwork. So replacement is definite and imminent. At the front of the house...