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If you can guarantee its from water coming from above and down as opposed to rising from below with the water table or running with the land then a lean to might go towards alleviating the issue somewhat. Mr Chibs idea above of digging a trench and filling with clean hardcore would be my...

Ah I must have got mixed up with all the talk of zones. I was thinking each UFH loop was also classed as a zone whereas actually the whole UFH system as a whole is the zone, this is then split into ''loops'' rather than 'zones'' Turns out I will have 2 zones 1 Zone for radiators (run from...

Thankyou again for your feedback. I plan on using Honeywell 2 Port zone valves. By ''wiring centre'' its just something that gets put into the spec when I get a quote for JG Speedfit UFH, I wasn't sure whether that was just for use when using their stats (which they also spec) and not when...

Thankyou for the reply its much appreciated, Does this mean in my case I will not require a control centre, it will go Heatlink > Zone valve+Actuator and the Zone valve will connect to the boiler. So for instance in the UFH, the heatlink will open the actuator and tell the valve to also open...

Hi everyone first I will explain the system I am planning... Boiler is an Ideal Vogue C32 Groundfloor - UFH throughout split between 2 zones as follows Z1) - Kitchen Z2) - Living Room/Hall Second Floor - 4 Radiators as follows Z3) Second Floor Radiators I am going to have 3 Nest...

It would be hard to tell just from looking, from doing mine I've noticed just a few mm can make all the difference, try re uploading your photos we still havn't seen them yet.

Did you try redoing the toe and heeling of the glass?

I should have said something really or asked what they were going to give me before they actually started taking it so it's my own fault, I was even told there should be at least £40 in the cylinder beforehand. Still I was glad to be rid of it all anyway. If only there was money in cast iron...

Thanks, I'm with you on the 4x2s and I did very much consider it when I had it completely stripped back. Its a bit of a strange setup though (to my knowledge) because the loft floor 4x2s don't fall onto a wallplate on either side of the house they just attach onto the rafters. I wasn't confident...

Here is another update taken around January 2018 - Most notable work is - 2x2 wood and lat added to rafters throughout to allow for insulation and 50mm airgap behind. 75mm Celotex between rafters fitted from eaves up into loft, Foamed, Taped (temporaily vented behind with pipe lagging) All...

The exterior brickwork above the windows is a soldier course with a shallow arch (if that is where you mean). I have recently fitted new Upvc double glazing throughout and didn't have any issues.

Images arn't showing but the glass in the sash part may need adjusting (toe and heeling), the glass is actually a structural part of the window and if the toe and heeling packers have come loose it may have twisted the frame out of square and thus not connecting properly at the lock. If they...

Hopefully! Got 38mm gyproc thermaline PIR for all external walls aswell which should improve things a bit.

That would have been a good idea at the start, I feel we are so far in now its not really work the extra hassle and potential of a higher band! I've never seen the US version of DIY SOS but I'm going to check it out, sounds like they crazy on them. Heres an update to around early December...

Yep, gone are the days of any exemptions when it comes to council tax regardless of the state of the house in my area. I actually hadn't heard of it until recently, so its useful to know, I would move in before they had my pants down for 150% regardless of its state.

I believe that is after 2 years.

Thanks! no going back now haha. I could earn some extra man points by saying I sleep in a sleeping bag in the back corner but that wouldn't be true. You are completely right it simply wouldn't be possible otherwise, many people have said this, I'm going to hold off as long as possible before...

Heh my original intention got carried away. All downstairs internal walls are solid brick, there is just one central upstairs solid brick wall, all the rest are stud, the house was built in 1920. I wouldn't know how to tell if the lead was original or not (if that is what you mean), I presume...

Thanks :) Yeah, the original plan wasn't to take it this far but it always seemed to come down to ''well I've come this far so....'' It would be great to see your progress in a thread, we never considered getting professionals in simply because it wasn't financially viable. I felt confident...

Same here seemed common practice, I checked out the latest regs on notched joists and as I presumed every one of my upstairs back bedroom floor joists has a massive chunk notched out in possibly the worst place it could be (bottom centre). The house is still standing so I'm not worried at all...