Recent content by Randommoose

I am planning to have a two full long lengths go side to side, one near the room wall surface, one above the window frame (on the brick outer wall). Then short lengths horizontally front to back between these and the most sticky-out bit of the window. And short lengths vertically from the most...

47mm will be fine as it is close enough to the 50mm insulation. I just don't know structurally how big the other dimension has to be. It is only supporting the weight of the timber itself, insulation boards and a normal layer of plasterboard. I have had a look at building regulation span tables...

Ok. I'm trying to match up the sizes of timber and insulation board (which comes in 50, 75 and 100mm) as I will have two layers of insulation and don't want gaps between them. But 100mm timber seems really long to screw through for the 90 degree corner. But maybe that is normal and there are...

The whole space is 2640 wide, 180 high (to ceiling level), 680 deep (to window). Would 50mmx50mm timbers work ok or do I need bigger?

Any ideas what size timber do I need?

Yep, will do once I've got the last bits out. The plumber told me where is best near me :)

Hi, Another update - since having the gas capped on Thursday I've got all the hot and cold water side of the plumbing out (I've left mains to kitchen sink and a toilet), removed all three tanks and removed some of the heating. The main focus has been on removing the bits that needed to go before...

I'll also be removing all the birds nests, wasps nests and installing fascia vent strip, felt support trays and bird comb to do a proper job and hopefully avoid future problems. Will put up some nest boxes in case the birds miss their previous home!

I am putting up all new fascias, soffits and gutters. That photo was just taken before the old stuff was all removed. The soffit will be level with the window top. Though I am finding it tricky to find 500mm wide soffit at the moment! Found a few online suppliers but I don't need 5m and the...

Hi, I've just got a new house, a renovation project. It's a bungalow and the main bedroom is in a front protruding section so has 3 external walls. It is cold and the bay window and its ceiling is mouldy and cold. Since having the asbestos soffits removed I have realised that the bay window...

Today I arrived at the house this afternoon and found a leak from the heating side of the system (off and gas capped). Luckily not as bad as @flameport warned it could be. It one of the pipes to/from the expansion tank - either the expansion pipe or the one that feeds the water back into the...

Hi, This afternoon the plumber came round and capped off the gas at the meter outlet. Then I cut the mains feed and capped it. It turns out there is another drain valve which is for the tank so after having run the hot until it ran out (hot tank and cold tank) then the tank drain valve gota fair...

I didn't know that. Our last house also had an access panel (though metal) but the back boiler was long gone. I was surprised when this turned out to be slate as it looked like metal!

I've never done anything on a vented system before so want to check how to drain it down correctly. Is this correct? 1. Get someone Gas Safe to cap off gas at the meter. 2. Stop cold mains supply (to where? Cold tank, expansion tank, anywhere else?). Easy access near the stopcock as I've taken...

Thanks, I suspected that may be the case with the hot water. It is ridiculously hot (steaming) so we haven't been using any as it is just too hot. Yes, the whole house is full of poor workmanship (the electrics are also very... interesting) and lack of maintenance. I'll post about draining and...