Recent content by untrepid

Howdy, I'm putting a doorway into a 19th century converted stone stable, unsurprisingly there's no proper foundation on the premises, and instead there's a concrete (ish.. honestly I didn't think buildings this old used concrete?) ring around which the original wall sits. This ring was...

I'm looking at installing a concrete lintel into a new opening i'm making in a Cotswold stone wall. Wall is about 6 inches of stone, then 6 inches of rubble, then breeze block internally, so only looking at the lintel for the outside part. Naturally it's built with lime mortar, but I'm wondering...

Howdy, I'm hoping to start boarding my loft soon, and will be probably insulating at my rafters and removing the existing wool insulation at ceiling level. My 1960s loft has hangar beams, only about 1.5 metres apart, on top of only 2x4 ceiling joists. So I'm confused how best to structure the...

I read people having concerns about moisture with Celotex. No knowledge of it using it myself though TBH.

Well in the photo, the first length of lath will go above the top of the upright section, adding a second it'll just hit the front. So I'd guess I'd want to tape the insulation to the top of the frame to start the job off, then staple it up the roof, in order to make a decent enough seal.... as...

i was presuming softwood

OK cool, so I'd appreciate some responses about my concerns.

the oil radiators I surround myself might currently disagree!

Mostly from the video here... https://www.ecohome-insulation.com/?i=969029

I'm looking at insulating my conservatory roof sharpish as a 2nd long winter of it being my office does not appeal. Looking elsewhere I've ordered 15m2 or SuperQuilt, and I'll be sandwiching it, stapled, between two lengths of 25x38 roofing lath, fixed to the existing uPVC frame. Then I'll...

14" between existing joists. Spanning up to 3m max. I don't plan on having anything particularly heavy up there, so whilst I'm sure you know more about this than me, I don't see how they'd bow esp when all cross joists are fixed to the existing ones. If the worst comes to the worst, the mother...

The existing insulation is pretty old, but looks like it was technically 100mm at one point in the past. current joists are a shade over 3" so I was planning on another 100mm across them. I also want to insulate the roof itself with 100mm, but haven't explored it much yet in terms of possibly...

I installed a loft hatch today, and in the process found that the joists on either side are at different heights, an entire inch apart! I'm looking to board out the loft in the new year, with 2x4's across the existing joists and insulate and all that good stuff, but now I've to work out how to...

So Speedfit pipe into a regular Speedfit plastic elbow and a few inches of copper out the front? Nice and simple for sure...

I wanted to, but the builders refused to space the joists 1.5m apart!