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Yeah I was thinking rockwool but it just falls apart a bit when manipulated I thought? I've generally used it for partition walls where I can just cut and slot it into a flat space.... I've attached a photo of outside which hopefully helps explain. To be honest the eaves insulation arrangement...

Ok thanks. What would be benefit of foil backed plasterboard be? I was going to potentially use acoustic boards to combat a bit of noise transfer upstairs….

Hi all, I'm stripping out/refurbing my kitchen at the moment, and above the ceiling I have the eaves (chalet bungalow style property). The existing insulation was the old dense loft roll that I needed to take out, or at least some of it, as there was so much builders rubble/rubbish in it. Top...

Not heard of that company before. Price wise as you say all depends on the existing radiator specs. Difficult to predict really. Ours was 5.5k with 5 rad changes and a 12kW clivet, which felt like quite a lot to be honest but a lot of the quotes were broadly similar in terms of labour. If you...

But why would anyone write off 7.5k? Plenty of independents are mcs registered, and who won’t just quote a 7kw or 10kw vaillant as standard. Crazy imo to have a large storage battery as well and not at least get a bespoke quote. Plus low heat losses as well and the ashp can modulate to lower...

Wow ok. HP ready cylinder, battery, solar….and you still want to put a boiler in? We already had the cylinder installed and it just wouldn’t compute with the likes of octopus who would give us a standard price. There are some decent cheaper ashps as well….the vaillant quotes were quite...

It may be a bit cheaper but I can't imagine by much, by the time you've factored in the cylinder install cost as well? Octopus weren't the cheapest for us and their prices have gone up quite a lot recently.

Ashp?

Thermostatic showers will have an adjustment spindle behind the handle to alter the hot/cold balance. Your hot water tap will be directly fed from the HW supply but your shower will be blended with cold. It might be therefore that your HW supply temp is slightly lower and this is causing the...

I'd imagine it will be leaking through where your shower screen attaches to the wall. Water will getting in behind it and the sealant at the bottom where it meets the tray will be compromised. A lot of showers seem to leak in this area. Personally speaking (as a DIY'er) this is something I...

Not 100% following what you mean but generally 12mm hardiebacker is used for walls and you'd just remove the plasterboard and replace it with the hardie. I have used 6mm hardie before to get the shower niche the right dimensions that I needed and just used extra noggins and halved the spacing...

Thanks- I'll do some investigating on the other side as suggested.

Thanks all for the assistance- much appreciated. So...past that outer brickwork and where the door frame currently is, I can see a wooden beam running across, and then plasterboard. I've attached a photo of what is behind. This wall is the old external cavity wall and would have potentially...

Hi all, I need to replace a door which is external grade albeit it is all internal- it separates the kitchen from an unheated utility area. I was going to replace it with something a bit nicer looking, wooden etc. I've removed some of the upvc trim pieces to help measure up, and accepting I...

Is there no space in the loft (appreciating what you say about future plans for conversion but small footprint required for mini plant room?). Particularly if you are going to have two shower rooms. We relocated (and upgraded) our tank from airing cupboard to loft. Heat loss is minimal with...

You can do set backs for certain periods i.e. during the night. Wouldn't want this any more than a couple of degrees C though- our controls actually have a 'cool nights' option which is basically the same thing. Other option (which we have) are retention of TRVs in the bedrooms. General...

I would remove them and then just lay your wood flooring up to where you want it to go. Leave threshold until you decide what flooring you want in the other room. If you need to cut the wooden floor back a bit to accommodate whatever threshold you then go for, just can use a multi tool to trim...

Hi all, We have a Vaillant unistor unvented 200l HW cylinder with a temperature sensor installed as per photos. This in turn is wired to our ASHP and via the controls we can obviously see what temperature the cylinder is currently at on the display. This has been working perfectly since...

I've fitted one of those recently. No complaints.

Having another look, Bette do a quadrant. They are a bit eye watering price wise so depends if forever home or not I guess. I can't really think what possessed the plumber to secure a screw through the tray into the subfloor when it clearly isn't designed for that. I assume it is some kind of...