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We inherited a fully block paved/flagged back/front garden.1960'S house. Where it runs up the side of the house where the garage and utility room are, it sits a brick and a half below the DPC, but the issue is that the garage floor is below the level of the DPC so, as the water tends to pool...

I wonder if the render is causing some issues? I thought older houses (any houses) that don't have a cavity were best rendered with breathable render, ie lime containing, but I'm no expert. Is there a chimney above said old fireplace? Careful putting internal insulation in. With non-cavity...

just imagine that you step up through the doorway from the garage into the utility room. The door frame is in the brick wall between the 2, but sits at the utility room level, so the door comes down to the current utility floor. We're putting 50mm celotex then 18mm chipboard on the utility...

Insulating utility room which has a door with step down into the garage. Floor is concrete slab with a damp proof membrane. Building reg's require a FD30 door into the garage. Question is how do we deal with the "raw" edge of the new insulated floor in the doorway? Seems completely pointless to...

if you're converting a garage for instance or ,as we are, bringing a previously unheated area into the thermal envelope and and going building reg's route, they'll insist that you ventilate and cover with vapour membrane, even when using foil backed boards. I believe that interstitial...

I believe you should ideally allow some cross ventilation of the air gap, and most people would recommend that (because it's in a kitchen) as well as taping all the joints you cover the whole thing with a vapour membrane before replacing the plasterboard.

Me again with our utility room update We're creating a new toilet room with studwork. Demolished the old one as we discovered it was the old coal house with a solid brick wall and we needed it bigger anyway. Presume we start building the studwork off the wall battens once we've put the celotex...

I think it's just wedged between the top of the frame and the underside of a noggins/last joist. I didn't see him put it in. It's got a couple of screws in but even with them out it wasn't for shifting. Not sure how deep it is.Could be that he screwed the frame through it into the noggins.

Thanks oldbutnotdead. We were planning on putting ceiling pb up before starting the walls. The finished ceiling will come down 20 mm below the timber. The vapour barrier level is about 42 mm above the level of the piece of timber. We tried to "sack the wood off" before starting the roof...

Photos. Not that easy to see, but the timber is covered with the black damp proof tape which hasn't stuck properly and needs to come off anyway. Hopefully you can see that its proud of the window frame and therefore walls at either side. Maybe before we put the insulated pb on the ceiling, we...

Hi, there is no brickwork above the window or door. It's in a utility room at the back of the garage which is single brick with a flat roof. There's the gap which is filled with the wood and rockwool. Above this is the edge of the flat roof. The joists run parallel to the window and are let into...

Ha ha, we feel a bit like that at the moment too. At least yours is a new structure not like our rickety 1960's flat roof utility. If we can do it so can you (not that we've done it yet!)

(Now added photos on my third post).So my next question is the best way to "deal with" a piece of timber infill above a window, immediately below the joists The window is flush (casement?),so currently no sill/reveals. There was a UPVC window/door unit in situ when we bought the house and when...

Cheers. So, re the "holding in place" for the ceiling could be achieved by the prop and getting some fixings in ASAP? How long do you still have some manoeuvrability for?

Thanks catlad. We're novices (in case you hadn't realised!)Does the expanding foam not make a mess and stick before you've got the board in position? What brand do you use? We have 100 mm pb screws? yes, we thought about buying them separately, but didn't in the end. Looking forward to getting...

Hi, What's the best way to fix to ceiling? We have 50mm celotex between joists and now about to put the 62.5 insulated plasterboard up. We've got 90 mm plasterboard screws. Bearing in mind the cost of the material, the fact that we'll be close to the edge and the depth we're fixing through...

Did you ever find out andrew? They have one we like on special offer half price ATM, and was just wondering what the quality was like.

Thanks!

Have been advised not buy "cheap", but what's classed as cheap? Screwfix have a Fluidmaster for around £45 and that seems to be the going price for cable operated ones Pneumatic Insulated ones- Dudley Vantage around £90 including the button. SIAMP do a pneumatic insulated for around £70 (the...

Yep, that's what we had in the house we bought last year. When there was a fault and condensate was dripping all the time and boiler losing pressure it's ruined about 8 block paving bricks. The flue was going right across the garage ceiling without any supports and there was no ventilation. We...