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I've finished insulating between my new timber floor joists but am wondering what I need to do around the hearth, should I insulate right up to it or will it be too hot for the insulation? The hearth will be concrete filled within brick walls, topped with a slate slab which will have a wood...

Fill it with concrete it is then! I'm toying with the idea of losing my chimney stack from loft floor level upwards and just having a steel tube out through the roof, is this a good idea? How hot will the tube be and will it be ok just fixed to the loft floor joists and roof rafters? Also...

Ok thanks, I was planning on filling in the hole with concrete and using that as the hearth and then laying tiles to finish. The bricks need another 2 courses laid to bring hearth above floor level and that will leave the hole at about 350mm deep, is this too deep for a single pour of concrete...

I'm preparing the old fireplace for a wood burner and was just wondering if it would be ok / beneficial to fit 100m celotex under 100mm concrete slab? It's only a small area as pics show, my only concern I guess is the heat going down through the slab and affecting the insulation! Any advice...

New concrete hearth for wood burner

Ok thanks so no barrier required. There are three air bricks but I might put a couple more in, is there a guide as to how much ventilation per square metre? Power will be from new consumer unit in kitchen, thinking about it now it will be better down from loft in oval conduit which will...

I'm in the middle of some alterations on my bungalow and have a few dilemmas, here's one of them. I've taken up all of the floor at the back as it needed lowering in line with the new concrete floor of the utility room, I've fixed 6x2 joists with hangers and am ready to start boarding with...

I'm in the middle of some alterations on my bungalow and have a few dilemmas, here's one of them! The back of the bungalow has a 7.5m x 4m roof which is has a 4.5 degree pitch and is topped with rubber over non breathable old style felt over plywood. I Want to insulate it but am not sure if...

secure spark is correct, the storage heaters are no longer in use as we got gas connected soon after we moved in and got central heating installed. I don't want to relocate it into a kitchen unit but can't see how i have any other choice since it's already there. My new consumer unit won't...

Ok thanks, any idea how much this is likely to cost and how long it'd take? Also would it be easier to have it moved externally so I'd only have to have the fuse board inside the kitchen unit?

Hi all I was wondering if I could move my electric meter from one wall onto another? Basically I want to open up my kitchen by knocking down a wall but the the meter and fuse board are inside a cupboard fixed onto this wall, It's quite high up and I have to get a set of steps out just to read...

He is having a laugh I know! I think it's more his wife who doesn't want any mess inside her lovely spotless lounge, Not that I have a problem with that but as I said to them both, some jobs are just like that. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs :wink:

Not a friend just a neighbour from around the corner so he would be paying me.

Yes then I'll just turn up with the windows and fit them into his neatly prepared openings, job done haha.

OK thanks, I thought as much but was just wondering if anyone had any tips or had done it themselves. He seems to think I'd be able to do all the work from the outside and work my way into the inner leaf as far as the back of the plasterboard and then slice and fold in the sides and top of...

My neighbour want's me to fit 2 windows for him in his lounge but there are no openings in the wall yet. It's a cavity wall so facing brick externally and internally it's all covered with wallpaper. I expect a catnic cavity lintel is required with cavity closers to sides and bottom and...