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hi, i'm having a new water main fitted to replace an old lead one, as the cheapest quote i've had is £1000 i'm doing it myself. the severn trent spec says that at the point of entry to the property it must be suitably ducted and insulated yet the only ducting and insulation i can find for...

if you dont put pieces across between the joists then yes it may sag over time, what i've done is effectively made a shelf between the joists at 200mm intervals - each one is only 20mm wide but it should be enough to support it. could always staple some netting between them too i suppose for...

couple of things, fairly solid slab tightly packed but also some small lathes pinned to the joist to form a tray. the stuff i'm using is accoustic slab as its going to be a bare wooden floor above, guidlines say to pack it as close to the floor as possible to reduce sound vibrations

helium fillied insulation... no idea of the thermal capabilities but thats an idea that could take off!! :D

may be a daft question, but what about with insulation on top but a gap underneath. in my case there will be a gap of about 125mm between the ceiling below and the insulation. with heat rising would this cause an issue if there was ventilation underneath?

hadnt seen it in these terms before but this is something that i think ive covered off - the joists are about 200mm deep, i've only half filled these with insulation and left the other half to allow room for cables to pinned out of the way and not to be covered.

thanks, no transformers as these are mains voltage, but may be changed in the future, prob best to allow 200-250mm to allow room for these also in the possible future.

hi, i'm taking up some floorboards on the 1st floor to do some work and want to take the opportunity to insulate between the ground and 1st floor. planning to use rockwool slabs for this and have a couple of rooms downstairs with 50w fire rated halogen lights in. how close to the lights...

renovatng a 1920 semi with an old coal cellar. cellar has an uneven concrete base and what i believe to be 9 inch solid brick walls that butt up against the soil etc on the other side, no dpc liner or anything. the walls arent bad but obviously slightly damp and tad mouldy in places, i...

Fair point! Half asleep at the mo! Meant new lintel will be about 2m existing is about 2.5

The plan was to use stronghold to hold up the existing lintel while a,notch is cut to slide the other in underneath. Current lintel is about 2 metres above the dpc. Not sure if it makes a difference but it's a solid double skin brick wall and existing lintel is a 8x4 wooden one.

hi, i'm installing french doors in an opening where there was already a window, but the height will be about half a foot less than the old opening. there is already a lintel in place that is perfectly fine for the opening just too high. what i want to know is- is it ok just to leave the...

thanks Woody, the frames their installing are steel reinforced so i'm wondering if thats their reasoning, i'll ask them tomorrow

hi, i'm haf way through repacing all the single glazing units with new double glazed units. the house is a 1920's semi detached with 9 inch solid walls, above the windows/doors there is a course of soldier bricks, with wooden lintels spanning the opening on the internal skin i always...

so providing you have an extractor fan and anti mould paint your ok using standard plaster board, ie no need for it to be moisture resistant? thanks

hi, refitting the bathroom at the moment, for the walls i'm using siniat aqua panel as it'll be tiled directly onto, but for the ceiling i want to have this skimmed and painted. siniat have recommended not to use their board where it needs plastering as the plaster wont adhere and is...

doing similar myself and using the siniat tile backer aqua board, everywhere i've spoken to has advised that dot and dab is not recommended alone for aqua board as it struggles to bond. what i've found works great is insta stick and a few mechanical fixings either into a stud wall or plugged...

Thanks for the replies, The drains currently run from a toilet in the back porch under the porch floor to outside then turn 90 degrees to join the other drains from the kitchen, the porch was added years ago and built around the pipes rather than move them. The rain downpipe drops into a u...

hi, i want to move an exsisting soil vent pipe and rainwater downpipe from inside to an an outside wall. the question is can you install a vent/soil pipe and connect the rainwater pipe to this rather than have to run 2 complete pipes side by side? currently they both terminate into the...

hi, have a problem and wondering if anyone can help. i have a 1920's semi detached with a fire place and chimney breast that has 2 flues, one for the downstairs fire one for the upstairs. the chimney breast where the flue is for the downstairs fire has damp penetrating to the exposed...