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Are there still different types of roofing felt? This one is described as polyester https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09X72BCQS/ and weighs 18kg per 10m, and this one is a lot cheaper and weighs about the same but says it's bitumen...

Thanks for the detailed explanation. That sounds fairly easy. If the felt is fairly lightweight, when doing the higher parts we might be able to have one of us hold the felt against the rafter with a long pole/gripper, whilst the other person staples it in place with a stapler on a long pole...

Yeah, I suppose it will be cheaper and easier to just fit some railings to raise the existing flooring and fit more insulation under that, as when we originally did it the recommended depth was much lower and we can do that ourselves, whereas we'd probably have to pay someone to fit insulation...

It's partly to keep the dust out so we can store stuff up there without it getting filthy, and partly to stop the space getting boiling hot in the summer and freezing cold in the winter, which prevents us accessing the space but also the heat/cold transfers to the rooms below so insulating the...

Yeah, I'll take some external pictures. I was planning to replace the plastic with wood. If I put the wood internally, the water is just going to collect on top of it, which won't be good!

I don't think the glazing capping bars have been changed since the utility room was built about 35 years ago. I imagine it's leaking because the plastic has cracked somewhere since my Dad replaced it about 10 years ago. If it's a lot easier and cheaper to fix the plastic to stop the leaks then...

It's definitely leaking. When it rains you can see it dripping onto the floor in the toilet/shower room. I think it also leaks into the main utility room space as well, but I'll check that. I'll have to check the thickness of the plastic and the rafter spacing. The utility room area is 2.95m...

The plastic roofing on my parent's utility room/toilet is leaking quite a lot when it rains. My Dad replaced it once himself maybe 10 years ago, so we at least know that the wooden structure can support his weight but he's a bit too old to be climbing up there now, so I'm hoping I can do it for...

Hmm, I'll avoid using labourers or handymen to install the insulation then. Can PIR insulation just be wedged in between the timbers, without needing any netting or rope to secure it? Gapotape sounds worth using to seal it but I wouldn't want to rely on that to hold the PIR in place. We're...

Yeah I guess, but a lot of that old dirt should be under the insulation and floorboards we've fitted, so the fact that stuff is still getting covered in dirt suggests that new dirt is coming in from outside. I don't want to waste money fitting a lining if there's already one under the sarking...

Thanks. We live in Surrey/Greater London so I guess it's not so common down here. If there was felt/membrane on the other side though, wouldn't that stop the dirt getting in already? Yeah, I'm concerned about whether it's safe to use a foil lining or whether we need to use a breathable membrane...

My Dad's getting free solar panels installed, so the installers have got to setup the scaffolding for that. They've said that if there's a few tiles that need replacing they'll do that whilst they're up there. He also wants to fit some internal lining in the loft to stop dirt getting in and...

Oh, like this? https://www.directplastics.com/upvc-trims-and-angles/white-window-trims/quadrant-trim-white/GQU019W Yeah, that's about 10x cheaper than the quadrant tiles. I guess it might be easier to apply the silicon with the quadrant shape, as the silicon will push up against the rounded...

Do you mean these? https://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Gloss-Ceramic-Bathtrims-Quadrant/dp/B008R9QRN0 If so, I don't see how they'd be any easier to use in this situation than the plastic angle. I imagine they'd be even more problematic, as they're completely rigid so if the two surfaces I'm fixing...

Ah, so the grey appearance on the topside of the board is just a paper backing? The rectangular orange covered bit must have been an old flue or heater duct, I'm not sure how the round orange thing was part of that. It's so light that there can't be much inside the foam and if they removed...

I've got this drop ceiling in my hall between the bedroom and living room doors (as shown in the first photo) that I want to take down and I was going to just cut around the edges with my multi-tool, but now I'm wondering whether it might be some sort of board that contains asbestos rather than...

In the end my Dad decided to fill in the gap level to the tiles with plaster filler, so we could use double-sided tape to stick some 20x20mm white plastic angle to the plaster to hold it in place whilst I sealed it top (along the tiles) and bottom (along the bath). It hasn't worked particularly...

Thanks, I'll try the cling film technique and hopefully that will get it off. The X-Tex did dry out more on the real ceiling where the Artex is just painted onto the concrete, whereas on the drop ceiling it was able to soak into the paper under the Artex and it was much easier scraping that off.

I need to remove the wooden drop ceiling in my hall, as shown in the attached photo, but it's been painted with what may well be Artex, so before cutting the wood down I wanted to clean that off. I bought a tub of X-Tex, which is meant to turn it into a goo which scrapes off easily, and a heavy...

Yeah, more or less, apart from the space that was taken up by the plastic strip, then it was just sealant above that up to the tiles. I've discussed it with my Dad now and he says the bath is solidly fixed in place, so we don't really need to fill the gap. His choice is to stick a 20x20mm...