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Also - could be a problem as we only really want to extend the opening on one side and opening up on both sides would involve opening the wall to the outside elements - have you any other ideas Woody - if we can only take brickwork out on one side? Thanks again.

Thanks woody - so do you reckon we would 'lever' out the courses of bricks one course at a time - . sorry to ask you - just working out how each end would drop down on the course of bricks as we remove them - as the weight of this thing is a bit scary :-) We used a genie lift to get oak...

right - i get it - just read and reread my post - now i see the confusion! We are breaking through the entire cavity wall to make a nice big hole for a new door in to the new extension. Existing lintel is sitting on inside wall of this cavity...hope this clarifys! :wink: thanks

concrete lintel is on internal wall

p.s meant to say that it is me and my hubby doing all, so we haven't got a big team of burly blokes to lift it out :D

Hi all - in an old 1950's council house. Finally opening up external cavity wall to new kitchen extension. Existing old 700mm doorway being widened to 1.4m so I can have fancy french doors! Only prob is whopping great poured in situ concrete lintel over old door on internal wall. What do you...

cheers for all your help guys

just for info, in case anyone looks up this post... I spoke to Velux who agreed that although we got the right flashing kit as stated in their brochures, it is NOT the right flashing kit :? ! So Velux have been great about it and they are sending out new free EDP flashing kits to replace...

Thanks ladylola - thats really good advice, as our roof design does have open eaves!

oh and squishy batt was a charcoal grey kind of expanded foam...?

Thanks for taking the time to respond, but our BC officer not happy with a lot of these things in the roof. Also trying to find comparison tables that include sheeps wool. can anyone else help? cheers

hi - thanks for the response - apparently sheeps wool self extinguishes, so doesn't catch fire

Hi - would appreiciate any advice on this one. Getting ready to insulate vaulted ceiling of kitchen extension. We are going to use multifoil on underside of rafters, but reluctant to use cellotex type board or rockwool type product between rafters (my dad reacts to them). I'm having...

Hi - would appreiciate any advice on this one. Getting ready to insulate vaulted ceiling of kitchen extension. We are going to use multifoil on underside of rafters, but reluctant to use cellotex type board or rockwool type product between rafters (my dad reacts to them). I'm having...

Hi all - in the process of fitting the flashing, have trimmed sponge so follows contours of underside of Marley ashmore tiles - we're not happy with the size of the gap from underside of tiles to flashing. as tile overlaps top of next tile down there is a good 20mm gap. Doesn't look brilliant...

Cheers John - good point! :)

Many thanks for the speedy response - especially at this time in the morning!

Hi all! We have the choice to vent the cooker in our new one storey kitchen extension either vertically through the roof or horizontally through the wall (the room will have a vaulted ceiling). I am at the point in the build where I could do something preparatory depending which way we go (eg...