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Thanks for the reply - that's cleared up a few things for me. Bad news about the pipes.. Oh well, needs sorting so will try it and see what happens. Hopefully it will play nice and not leak. Yeah thought high, trying to get a few more quotes. Think my mum may end up going with the first...

Central heating at my mums has been gertting less and less effective over the years. Rads now dont really heat up much at all and impossible to get the house warm. Recently I think the system has totally clogged up somewhere. The boiler fires up for a few mins then shuts off. This keeps...

Hehe, yeah sorry, thanks for replying :) Ok so this means like 8in. screws then? Dont remember anything that big at Wickes. On Screwfix I see Heco Topix T-star 200mm and external screws and thats about all that is long enough.. Is this what I want or am I missing something... Sorry if I'm...

Pls could anyone answer the above questions, esp attaching the 6x2 joists to the 4x2.. Thanks

Oh no, its just for light storage. The edge areas probably wont be walked on either for the same reason, but need to board it up so that theres something to put everything on once the insulation is down. At the moment all the junk just rests on the 4x2. Does 'place any new timbers so that...

Perfect, thanks. Another thing. Just had a look and theres 4x2 running all over the loft, then just 3 of the 6x2 joists running over the 4x2, so coming up to 10in. This means I can board the area over the 3 joists fine but how can I board the area between the left joist and the left edge of...

I want to start topping up the insulation and boarding the loft this w/e. From looking at these forums my current plan is as follows.. There are 3 main joists running along the house several feet apart that come up to 8in. I am planning to put 3x2 across these to bring up to 10in for...