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I see you are my guardian angel today!! I thought of just refurbishing the windows and placing in double glazed panes where they were not sash windows. There is plenty of depth to the frames and so they should be able to take them. The only area I was not sure about was where there are...

that sounds just like the router table I made myself......

I live in a large house which still has all of the original windows, with shutters on the downstairs (I am living in Belgium where this is common) The windows are generally in good condition but are single glazed. As I see it I have 3 options - leave everything as it is, install double glazed...

If I knew how to upload a picture of the roof I would do it... unfortunately I dont!!! What is the consequence of not having the airgap?? The roof is such that when you are in the loftspace there is about 30-40cm of the external walls visible above the loft space floor. From this the roof...

Hi, thanks for the reply, I agree that it would be better to do it that way around, but I had already put up some insulation just to try and keep the heat in during the winter months. As I havent been here that long I havent had the chance to get quotes on costs to decide if I do it myself or...

I am not sure if this helps, but when I installed a woodburner in my UK house a couple of years ago, the supplier had a product which you could add to the fire and which then reacted with any tar which had collected in the flue, causing a chemical reaction and the tar then foamed (I believe) and...

First of all hi, I am new to the forum and glad to find such a good resource for information. Having read some of the threads and subsequent advice on insulating lofts has brought about a concern for me. I have an old (1903) house with a HUGE loftspace - about 100m² - which is about 4 m...