Recent content by RobKett

I was really thinking that if there was a lintel it was added when the windows were put in and the brickwork above was relaid, or at least repointed. When you say the outer wall was "built off the frame" do you mean it was just built on top of the window frame?

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by the beds, but if you mean the first bricks at the edge of the window, yes that has bothered me slightly - it's like there's no brick on which a lintel would be sitting because they are not in line with the top of the window.

Not doubting you because I know very little but how can you be so sure? Do you mean something like this? It is a cavity wall. The windows are about 25 years old, don't know what they were doing then.

Hi there - I want a window replaced and for my own peace of mind I want to know if there's a lintel over the window at the moment. I am pretty sure there is because the soldier course is dead level - unlike 4 out of 6 neighbours houses - a couple of other houses have got some pretty wonky...

Thanks for the advices, I used to be quite keen on sticking to regs but they seem borderline daft in this case since they stop me putting in a much nicer frame which would also have much better u value than what's there. And in terms of greenness using a second hand locally sourced hardwood...

Hi all - bit of a long post here but I think it's all relevant I’m looking for advice about how to go ahead with a window replacement project. The situation is this; we have a horrid old aluminium DG window (I think 1980s) where the seal has broken down on the main panel of glass making it...

Thanks for this - do you mean that I need to put down a continuous VCL underneath the celotex? Since I am only filling in between the joists (rather than cross-battening and putting another layer on top of them too) - the top of the joists will actually be in the cold, it will only be the sides...

Thanks, I couldn't think of a reason why a gap would be needed but I'm perfectly capable of overlooking the bleeding obvious. True that Celotex is expensive but it's quite a small house so it's not mad expensive overall and the void is quite small (there are sloping eaves in the first floor...

:oops: :mrgreen: 75mm!

Hi all, first post here and I can't find any other threads so apologies if this has been done to death. I want to put celotex in our loft to replace a very thin ancient layer of rockwool. Then I want to put chipboard boards over the central part, leaving the edges (where I won't be walking)...