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I'm having a 2 bed victorian mid terrace (circa 1880) renovated. The builders have opened up the walls to install radiator pipework and electrics and a lot of the interior plaster is coming away in HUGE chunks on both internal and external walls. According to them whoever did the last refurb...

Really?! Is there any way i can vet this? We're really up against it as the roofing work needs to start tomorrow if we're in any hope of getting the internal rooms plastered and finished for next Friday (move in date). Sadly my 4 (pro) roof quotes came back way too high... and i just don't...

This is a new quote from said builder... thoughts on work list and cost? Lead flashing - supply and fit mobile scaffolding to manage the safety work on site (raf. 12m height) to reach and allow the easy access to the roof. Use 4 pack of BS 4 lead flashing 400mm x 6m -supply and fit a new...

I'm having a 2 bed victorian mid terrace (circa 1880) renovated. The builders have opened up the walls to install radiator pipework and electrics and a lot of the interior plaster is coming away in HUGE chunks on both internal and external walls. According to them whoever did the last refurb...

Our current builder on site has quote £2.3k for the work... Are you sure we don't need DPC under the coping stones on the parapet walls?

What do you mean? That's our new consumer unit! :lol: The whole house is undergoing renovation ... all walls and ceilings are getting a re-plaster anyway so covings can be replaced. I think that original profile might be 'Cavetto with Torus', looks close...

I'm currently renovating a small 2 bed victorian terrace (circa 1880) and would like to repair/replace the coving as we move into 'making good' stage... currently we have a weird mix of coving styles in different rooms, and a lot of it looks to have been repaired (very poorly) at some stage...

I actually had 3 quotes in total... the 3rd was for £5.5k so immediately discounted! All 3 companies are relatively small family run businesses I found through Trustmark and the NFRC (we are East London based if that makes a difference?) The roof was the only repairs our mortgage provider...

some pics: http://bpkersey.com/images/roof.jpg

I need some repair work carrying out to the roof of my small victorian mid-terrace. The structural survey highlighted the flashings need replacing and the parapet walls repairing / bringing up to spec. I've had 2 roofing comapines visit and quote (both NFRC and Trustmark members)... but not...

I'm not sure where that external air brick in the 1st picture leads to although it's position on the outer wall is higher than the internal floor level ... but there's definitely no sign of it exiting on the interior wall above floor level. Is it possible that this air brick is above ground...

As part of the next stage in our refurb of a 2-bed victorian terrace (circa 1880) we'd like to tackle sub floor ventilation and damp proofing in the front bay area of our house. Our structural survey highlighted 'inadequate sub floor ventilation' and ground floor damp in the front bay area...

Given the walls are open and the electrics and plumbing are starting to go in now, is it feasible for us to have our plumber install the new boiler, rads and TRVs and set up and test the system now without a room stat... and to add in the hard wired room stat at a later date? Or do we need...

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Yes they do... but we want all pipework to run into the wall, not the floor.

Because of the geometry of the corner TRV/Lockshield set the company sells (see image of corner valve set): https://www.castrads.com/workspace/images/valves/windsor-antique-brass-corner-trv-2.jpg The lockshield – as far as i've been told by the comapny – is only made to fit the flow. Which...

I'm going round in circles on this one.... We're installing new column radiators and want to add some nice vintage looking valves to go with them - corner valves so we can run the pipework into the wall. I can only find one company that does traditional corner TRVs, and these are the valves...

Taking into account all feedback so far... i'm thinking the best set-up is to have a hard-wired room stat on the north facing wall of the dining room... with the radiator in that room fitted with 2 x lock shields and throttled right down. Coming in close second is the same set-up but in the...

The outer sting is all fully flush doors for under stair cupboards.. there's no 'wall' there.

I had thought of putting the room stat in the hall... but had heard draughts from the front door might interfere with it. Is this true? Or is the hallway definitely the best spot for the stat and if so where? It's a very narrow space with only option being above or next to the hall radiator...