Recent content by sifly

Hello, I'm looking for a few tips on how to remove unwanted bamboo from the garden of my new house. It's about the size of a square metre. It's not appearing anywhere else in the garden. Ground is clay and, even with the last few days of rain, very hard. Currently too hard to dig into! Do you...

Hi, it's a rental so unfortunately I'm not in the property to get those pics at the moment.

Thanks for your advice. I'll double check the state of the frame and get the measurements to a plumbers yard for a replacement. Fingers crossed.

There is a manhole cover in the alley to the side of my house (on my land and established my responsibility) which is too small for the frame. It is balanced precariously! If the current frame is the same design as a new manhole cover, is it just a case of placing the new cover in the frame...

Hi all, when looking at the rear of the semi detached house from the garden, there is a down pipe from the gutter which stops about a foot and a half from the floor. That exact corner is where subsidence occurred a couple of decades ago, so I know the discharge of water to the floor in that spot...

Definately carpet. Not only quieter for you and the neighbours (if halls a joining), but the kids can't slide down the stairs on their bottoms if it's wood :D

Hello, The rafters are 5cm wide by 10cm deep. I guess I have to have less thick Kingspan due to allowing for the 25mm between the tiles and the insulation. Thanks for the tip on obtaining the insulation. Regards

I do not want to lose any more headroom if it can be helped. I will be trying to follow the current line of the loft ceiling after the insulation has been added. But the main purpose is obviously to make sure the room is warm enough for people to sleep in comfortably (there is a radiator up...

Hi, So the size of the rafters is the deciding factor in what product and thickness could be best to be used. I am going to the flat on Friday evening so I will measure the depth and width of the actual rafters then and let you know. I'll also take a couple of pictures of what is there now...

Thanks for the responses. Freddymercurystwin: The plastic is stapled to the rafters so all you see when in the storage area of the loft is the black plastic. The rafters are about 30cm apart. What "thinner continuous layer" would you recommend under the Kingspan? Would there need to...

Thanks for the response and the link. So you'd recommend using Kingspan between the rafters instead of Tri-Iso as per the link?

Hello, We had a Velux loft conversion completed (building regs ok) on our flat, which is the upstairs of a converted end terrace Edwardian house. This was completed about 9 years ago and the majority of the time it has been rented out. Our latest tenant mentioned the loft room is freezing in...

Hi all, I've got the original floorboards exposed, sanded and varnished in my house. My problem is that in winter, the air from underneath/outside makes the floor blooming freezing and cold draughts come up through the gaps. I want to stop these draughts as my wife, witht he assistance...

If you are still concerned and want to do "something" a friend of mine was recommended putting barbed wire under the decking. Me, well I just used all the bricks and rubble that were left over from demolishing the patio and wall, then packed them around the entire inside edge of the decking...

Hi all, I have a private driveway that is sometimes used by the public as it is a busy road :evil: I want to put one of those posts at the entrance that stop cars going in, but then can be unlocked and lowered so that I can park my car in when needed. What is the best way to do this...