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Hi everyone, I'm just switching out a fluorescent light in my utility room for a little LED ceiling light, and I'm very confused by this wiring: I don't quite understand what I'm looking at, since the live doesn't appear to be going anywhere, and I'm further confused about why there is so...

I got some rubble sacks from Wickes. I also got a coverall suit, but I probably wouldn’t bother next time. Just mask, gloves, and long sleeve top tucked into the gloves and trousers tucked into socks. It rolls up as small as you want it to, really. Each span I had was around 7 feet long, and I...

I had exactly the same views as you do now, and in the end, the amount of dust you will kick up trying to clean it is 100% more than if you stick on a pair of gloves and just slowly, and carefully roll it up. I produced almost no dust this way, and it was the properly crap old school glass...

Having just done this this week, I would highly recommend you just rip it up and bag it. Takes less than an hour to reinstall, and you get to clean the space properly and have peace of mind.

ah yes, great idea! Thanks for that, I hadn't even thought about preserving. Ta¬!

Thank you for that explanation, I'll read into it more. I might well go ahead and do it, because I do find lathe genuinely stressful to have int he house. If I could give it another 30+ year extension, I'd get some peace of mind. When I was cleaning up all the dust in the loft today, there...

Hi John, Thanks for the advice, the lathe is all platerboarded over from the other side, so I assume that means it's OK to leave it? I bloody hope so! There's not much headroom, you're right, but thankfully there's enough to move. I'm going put some loft legs in and then board the whole thing...

Christ, this is horrible work. Respect to anyone who does this for a living.

I had a damp patch in my ceiling, and after tearing out a portion, I discovered a disused chimney flue. Following it up, it terminated in the loft. Both ends are open, but I’d ideally like to prevent the problem of moisture hitting the kitchen ceiling again in the future. Is it ok to seal off...

Thanks, I’ve got an HEPA extractor with a brand new bag ready and waiting. It’s going to be a slow, terrible job, as the ceiling is lathe, but I think I’ll be glad I did it in the long run. I’ve got a coverall, gloves, mask, and goggles. Going to seal myself in the loft and bag and vacuum as I...

I got knauf bottom layer 100mm, and then a 170mm top layer

Cheers mate, already back from Wickes! Did exactly that (went with glass again because it was half the price). This is going to be an awful job. I grabbed myself a full body suit while I was there. 9 quid well spent.

Nevermind, going to replace the whole lot, bring it up to 270 with some loft legs and then board over that instead. Easier to just roll up the old crap and start again.

Hiya, thanks for the reply. I have a combi boiler, so the cylinder isn't a consideration, but my main thing here is that I'm not trying to complicate things, I'm just trying to find out if I should clean this rockwool or replace it completely.

Hi everyone, Trying to figure out the best course of action here. I have plans to lay a floor in my eaves space, just to make access a bit easier for some eaves cupboards I plan to build down the line, and I'm concerned about the absolute state the previous owners left the space in. Take a...

I don't know what this means, I'm sorry. The photos I've posted make sense to me. They show the open plan dining room, the loft room in it's previous state, and the loft room after. I'm not sure what else a plan could outline that isn't visible in the pictures.

Ah, OK, I think I get you. Forgive me, because I don't know the specific terminology. So originally, in 2003, the loft conversion was completed. It was an open plan conversion, where the loft was accessible via a standard staircase, with banisters, etc.. When we bought the house, we took the...

Hi Foxhole, I don't understand what you mean - could you explain further? Thanks!

Loft conversion was done in 2003, I believe. The first pictures are just from the estate agent when we bought, I think that might be his floating hand haha. I don’t have any plans for my work, I’m afraid, the after pic I posted is definitely better than any drawing I can do. I’m almost...

Thanks, that’s how I understood it after reading a liittle. Appreciate the confirmation. Do I assume this was the same before I even put the wall up?