Recent content by TheInsulator

External insulation is due to be installed later in the summer so not too worried about trying to get insulated pb in there. Im new to all this but was intending to just use gypsum multi finish, is that a terrible idea?

Prepping to skim a bedroom wall and it looks like when the windows were replaced (years back) they were slightly smaller than the previous and the installers build up the edging with bonding. As I've pulled back some wallpaper, trims etc it has come off in lumps so I've removed anything...

Have made my first attempt and skimming and would like some feedback on how I can improve the finish for my next attempt. I was following the method used in an onthetrowel video, 1st coat, flatten, second coat flatten, 1st trowel, 2nd trowel, and polish. Straightaway I noticed the plaster...

So is there a better way to connect a temporary toilet to the existing cast iron soil pipe. First picture shows the existing soil pipe exiting through the wall, my plan is to cut it back about three inches from the wall and allowing me to connect the collar and bend on. Just not sure if...

So I'm considering an air to air heat pump for space heating as part of my refurb. House is mid terrace, open plan downstairs where I'm thinking of one large emitter. Upstairs we have two bedrooms which from my (very limited) understanding would both have emitters. Where I'm really lost is on...

I've been up but not sure how I could tell if the studs are load bearing or not? I can see that the header for the wall in yellow below is mid way between rafters and is nailed to noggins, the rest are nailed directly to rafters running parallel or perpendicular. If it makes any difference the...

It's a 1960e build so I'm guessing the term is rafters, not trusses for the roof?

So, let me preface this by saying I'm very much in the planning stage, and will be getting a structural engineer if I do need to remove walls. All the internal walls upstairs in my mind terrace are stud partitions. They are nailed to the underside of the roof trusses and sat on top of the...

Let me start this by saying there will be an asbestos survey before we move in. We're sale agreed on a early 60s built that had a boiler house built on at an unknown date, wasn't standard on the terrace so neighbours haven't had the same experience. The surveyor is confident the roof sheet is...