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Hi all can anyone recommend the best stones to use for pebble dashing then painting . currently taking the old pebble dash off which has seen better days , but prefer the painted finish . ideally like small stones as possible and want to do it as cheap as possible with the added painting Cost...

Hi Woody Thanks for the reply. I thought I had seen some posts on this forum that the void was the way to go rather than cut into the insulation and reDuce the U value . Could you possibly offer a suggestion as to alternative way to go ? Thicker insulation , then cut out for downlights ? I’m not...

Hi all currently having my vaulted ceiling built. Roof construction is 150 x 50 rafters . Breathable membrane then rafters will have 120 mm foil faced pir and foil faced 60 mm pir underneath .(maybe 50 mm if building regs flex) Then it will be battoned and plasterboarded creating a void for...

Apparently it’s easier , but it makes sense to me to do it from underneath when the roof is on

Apparently it’s easier , but it makes sense to me to do it from underneath when the roof is on

Thanks for the reply. it is to be a cathedral ceiling so insulating between rafters then under . Roof to be tiled . its not me doing the work , I just thought roof has to be on (tiles) then insulate rafters from inside then another layer of insulation under rafter as I thought pir needs to be...

thanks for the reply Wouldn’t the pir be degraded if it rains solid for a couple of days? I thought they had to be kept dry?

Hi all Quick question , can pir insulation be installed between the rafters before roof covering goes on? it will be open to the elements for a few days . my thoughts are no , but wanted to check thanks

Hiya the rafters are to be 150x 50 with 400mm centres. it’s Marley edgemer tiles that are going down with a breathable membrane . we Are converting the flat roof to a pitched one as it pretty much no insulation in and was very low in height . any ideas what type of insulation to use that...

They are asking for 100 in between and 100 underneath to achieve a 0.13 value. the centres are 400 , tiles are Marley edgemere with breathable membrane . we Are converting the flat roof to a pitched one as it pretty much no insulation in and was very low in height . any ideas what type of...

Hi all I’m in the process of pitching up my flat roof into a vaulted ceiling in my bungalow. i foolishly thought insulation could be 100 mm between rafters and 50 underneath . Building control have advised 100mm underneath which would cause problems re roof height near outside walls . can...

Sorry it’s about 65 m2 not 80

Hi all im looking at stripping my semi detached bungalow back to brick and having the render done . I like the look of rough cast with the colour already in (white) to save painting.Is this more expensive than traditional pebble dashing ? Approx 80 m2 im not a fan of the more modern smooth...

The lights are to light the room . we like the thought of spots/downlights as we have them in hallway and like the clean look But will look at surface mounted lights too.

Hi all i am havIng my flat roof pitched up into a vaulted ceiling on my bungalow . the roof height will be approx 5 meters high to the top of roof. we are considering vaulting all the way up and looking at possibly installing downlights ? Can anyone offer any recommendations for downlights to...