Recent content by wookie6262

Thanks Static. The wood looks like softwood but feels much harder when you are cutting it. The water tank is the same vintage so presumably similar wood and the grain is far tighter than newer woods. Is there a way old timbers can be tested without spending a fortune

Hi I am thinking of getting my attic converted. It looks like an ideal space for conversion but the building regs seem to make building into the attic very difficult particularly in Scotland. The house is a brick built construction with Scottish Slate roof. All internal walls are single...

Thanks for that. The tiles were ceramic and I have taken a section out to have a better look. Looks like the wall will have to be replastered in some shape or form as there is no a step the other way between where I took the tiles off and the plastered wall above. Any hints and tips and...

I am about to start tiling my bathroom. It hasn't been done for many years and has tiles half way up the walls. The current tiles must be 40-50 years old and are rock solid and very flat. They are stuck to old fashioned plastered brick walls. I have given one of the tiles a decent whack and...

The joists are 2.5" thick and feel very sturdy. The water tank that used to sit up in the attic was around 5'x4' and 3 foot deep. There must have been a couple of hundreds pounds of lead lining in it. From my untrained eye the joists are very strong and are solid as a rock. House was build in...

I am thinking of converting my attic. Early days and I have a limited amount of money so I want to work with the features that are already there. I have nice deep 8 inch joists, so easy to run pipes etc. In the eaves, very close the the edge of the roof, there is internal cast waste and soil...