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Lower - I'm not expecting miracles from the ply. Whilst I'm not doubting lymmrangers advice, at the end of the day ply has (virtually) no insulating value, it'll just be there to kill the draughts, which is why I'm in two minds about using it. I know that nothing I do above the floor will...

:lol: I haven't ruled out the ply, I was just trying to sort some of the really bad stuff for now. The gaps around the edge would still need caulking anyway, and I've got close on 40m² to cover so it's a not insignificant extra cost. 6mm ply is more expensive per square metre than some of...

Had some of the carpets up today to have a squint at what the floor boards were like. I have to say, there were some massive gaps around the edge of the floor, particularly under the bay window. It was blowing an icy gale through them! In some places the floor boards were nearly ½" away from...

If you want the ultimate and have the space, go for a double stud wall. Slabs and double plasterboard on the bedroom side as suggested above, then build another stud wall (which most importantly doesn't touch the original one) on the bathroom side, with insulation slabs and double...

Thanks guys. No open fires to worry about here :) Would you suggest a pu rather than felt underlay then? I know the likes of cloud 9 have a high tog rating but some of the felt type seem higher. I did consider putting down some 3mm self adhesive closed cell foam underlay first (B&Q...

Hi all, We have a house with suspended timber ground floors and tons of airbricks. Whilst this gives the timbers good ventilation it leads to very cold floors, especially at this time of year. I'd love to insulate underneath them but that is a bit impractical for a few reasons: 1) I'd need...

http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/threaded_inserts.htm They are available from many places, but I've used them a couple of times and are great to deal with. An alternative is T nuts. These fit from behind and have a machined thread in the centre. They'd take more weight than the above, but you...

They could be dollys as they are the right kind of size and shape, but they've certainly seen much better days!!

Thanks guys (just found the thanks button!) One of our neighbours has had two complete extensions done by the same guy, one of which was a pretty involved two story affair with a new hip roof, and they were very happy with him. Can't beat personal recommendation so I'll see if he's up for...

Thanks. That's what I was driving at really. I know from my trade (car bodywork) that you lose a bit in certain stages but get it back in others and wondered if it were the same in this case. I've knocked up a decent sized garden wall before now (7 pallets of bricks) but an extension and...

We are thinking about having an extension built onto the rear of our house, divided up into half utility area and half an extension of the dining room. I'm a pretty competent DIYer, but I don't mind admitting that laying footings, knocking a hole in an outside wall etc are well beyond what I...

Sorry to butt in on someone else's topic, but is this an acceptable practice for retrofit too? I have a flat roof over my old single story kitchen extension that appears to be uninsulated. We had a minor leak a while back so had a roofer check it out and he says the torched felt and boarding...

___________________________________ lynda, moderator please note forum rule 20 I could not split your post and have it make sense

Don't know what ya mean !!! All the work was scheduled before the 1st of January so it makes me exempt :wink: :wink: :lol: (ooops, posted under hubbys username)

I've always used Linksys (wired) stuff myself, and been more than happy with it. The wireless router you mention is the one I'll probably go with, when the wife finally gets fed up of all the cables running through the house! Don't want to be a spoil-sport, but technically you may be...

Did something very similar with my front doorstep. Laid a bed of 'fine' concrete (i.e. sand/cement/pea shingle) then tamped green slate chippings into the surface. Still looks good 6 months later, but some of them have worked loose with time.