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That ladder was quite the challenge to clamber up, It almost felt asif you were coming back on yourself. We wern't so lucky on the spindles. The previous owner moved into a home, thus it went up for sale. You were right about the stairs, no fancy spindles unfortunately. I promise the walls...

Yep last June, it's far from finished everything takes forever when taking the DIY approach and only having weekends (but saves a fortune otherwise we couldn't afford it), I'll catch up with photos over the weekend. You are right about opening it as a museum, I've missed a trick there haven't...

Hi everyone, I've been documenting with photos a full house DIY renovation I started last June (First time buyers). I have no previous renovation experience but will try my hand at anything and have pretty bad/good OCD when it comes to doing something correct and proper to the best of my...

Moss on tiles is never a good thing so I would see about removing that, I just made sure I could see daylight when pushing the pipe lagging through the laps whilst being mindful of not going too far as to the point that it might compromise the water tightness, on a breezy day its very effective...

Just done this recently for a upstairs bay window, I used 60mm celotex, pushed right in leaving no air gap, I then foamed the edges and the taped over them with foil tape, I will be also going over it all with 38mm insulated plasterboard.

I've recently vented mine using the Grey pipe insulation, its extremely cheap to buy i just cut it to rounghly foot long strips and pushed it between the felt laps, it's worked a treat and fits alot tighter than when I tried with batons.

Much appreciated sparkymarka, thankyou.

Hi everyone just a quick question, is it ok to run Cat6 Ethernet that will be carrying POE with runs that will not be used for carrying POE? I'm aware its not good practice to run alongside mains power and wondered if the same applied for POE. Thankyou any feedback is much appreciated.

I recently found out the reason why my newly bought house had two sat dishes, the previous owner was an elderly gentleman and he managed to write off the first dish by painting it (I'm guessing he used some kind of metal based paint) he must have not been arsed to take it down so he just put a...

Thanks for the reply, Yes celotex foamed and taped in-between the rafters, I just wondered seeing as though the insulated pb has an inbuilt VCL there would be a way to maintain in down the joints when butted together.

Hi Everyone just a quick question of what is the best way fit the insulated PB in my upstairs rooms, Its not as straightforward as normal walls as the roof rafters protrude down into the upper floor rooms slightly, I have drawn up an image to better explain.... Also I'm looking to maintain...

Hi everyone, I'm going to be installing wet UFH on my ground floor during my full house DIY renovation, I plan on running 3 separate loops roughly 50m2 in total across two rooms and a hallway, all loops will be run from a single nest thermostat thus meaning the whole system will be either on or...

I am currently waiting for a tempting price drop on the Ring Pro at the moment aswell (AO.com almost have me at their current £179.99 deal). The transformer comes in the box and the chimes are wireless. I am no electrician but as far as I am aware only one cable run is required from...

Had a similar decision to make recently, opted for the receiver/surround over a soundbar. Still havn't got it set up yet but over the moon with my choice none the less.

Might be a long shot but did you ever figure out a solution for this?

How did fitting the windows go in the end? any tips?

Cheers John, I will get the section I removed bricked back up in that case!, much appreciated.

Hi again everyone, finally got round to seeing what was behind the top row of bricks atop the wall plate. It turns out they are only there to cap off / seal the cavity. The eaves themselves are completely sealed as the exterior render goes right up to touch the underside of the roof. My...

Thanks for the info Dan, as I already have the PIR insulation now, buying those panels would kill my budget. Ok Doggit thanks for this, if you wouldn't do it on 4 inch joists then neither will I. Nice little bit of wisdom there Dilalio. In your opinion what do you believe would best suit in...

Hi everyone, going to tackle installing wet UFH throughout the groundfloor during my current renovation and just looking for some advice really. Joists are 110mm x 55mm @ 400 centres. There is a 4 foot void underneath the whole house with supporting walls mid way underneath the floors in each...