Recent content by syne

Yep the foil face will do practically nothing for insulation and very little as a vapor barrier, as how are you going to Tape the foil when it's on the back of the board? If you were doing it absolutely as best you could you'd battern out about 25mm, then a complete taped air/vapour barrier...

I spoke to speedline and they stated that their insulated plasterboard was OK to dot and dab on a solid brick victorian house. Using knauf adhesive and knauf boardsealer for wall paper. With the caveat that the room be dry, free from damp and that the pointing be in good condition. It's always...

I'd rotate the manhole & get it closer to the wall. if possible move the downspout so it has a swept bend into the manhole, toilet pipe out at 90 degrees and swept into the manhole at 90deg.. If you can't move the down spout then swept turn to join under the house roddable on the downs pout and...

A taller post at top of the stairs- but that would look weird as the handrail off the landing wall would intersect badly. A better way would be a new newel post off the floor for the connection to a half newel on the wall. There'd be a 90deg return off the existing top post. Something like this ...

Is it the same on concrete tile roof like the op has as it is on a plain tile roof, where the top row below the ridge is a half tile?

I'm still unsure about this detail. Should it be like a or b ? Any opinions..

That pictures getting pretty famous theese days woody.. Not sure if its the answer to my question but suspect it probably is. This is all new brickwork. I never considered this junction detail when drawing the plans.

That's interesting. So the main house wall should have a vdpc where the porch begins. Does this mean the wall would have a vertical line (much like an expansion joint) or would you 'back an forth' the dpc up the normal bond...

Is it the done thing to continue a cavity into adjoining walls? The main extension has a porch and originally I was just going to build the house wall then 'attach' the porch with wall starters or brick bond to the porch walls and have two separate cavities. But now I'm wondering if I should...

Couple of scraped knuckles later.. looks much better. Thanks mate.

Hmmm. Gonna go get wet.. be right back.

First time laying trench blocks. I've set them out dry and the larger 355's don't align properly. So I can't get a straight line along the face. Some of the male bits just won't go into the female bits (oo er!) is this normal or have i got a dud batch? I could cut the interlocks off i suppose...

Air gets sucked out of the top, greater wind speed higher up or some such thing iirc, also your soffits face down ( and would be limited in size by the bay window) so it's not really going to be a problem. It's a little different for you as you've got a breather membrane.but the principle is the...

Just reread your thread, I feel sorry for you, as that work was poor to say the least. As you have a breather membrane, get a full length soffit vent fitted and a full dry ridge kit fitted. You could add some tile vents as well. But your vcl needs to be complete to be effective. As for your...

If you want to you can: Have a continuous soffit vent, Have a full length dry ridge kit, Install rafter trays and lap vents in each bay. For around the price of your four vented ridge tiles quite probably. The air would get to the other rafters via the soffit, the tiles and the imperfections...