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Understood. Just wanted to be sure the wires that are currently laid for a pull cord and be used for PIR. Ceiling is going up and being plastered on Monday and currently only a pull cord can be connected. Regardless of whatever parts are needed I just wanted to know if the existing pull cord...

I have had a look, but just want someone who knows (electrician) to let me know if the controller and PIR are the correct ones and if any thing different needs to be done in the ceiling void before it is boarded up. I could then get my electrician to wire those instead of a pull cord. I will...

Hello, I am having a new bathroom fitted and bought a Vent Axia ACM100T in line fan fitted in the ceiling space. I had originally planned to have a pull cord switch to operate it, but am now thinking a PIR would be better. Could someone please advise me as to how to have it done and what parts...

Ok. Thanks. I'm going to go with the 120mm between the joists. Then 25mm below joists, vaporshield sheet, moisture board and then skim. Sound ok? (simplified form , but then I'm simple!)

Hello catlad, you've put another option to me. Do you think my idea of : - celotex 120mm between the 150mm joists (leaving 30mm free at the top) and leaving the joists above clear, is ok? - vapor panel (with foil-backing vaporshield) on joists with no gap is ok? Do you suggest I put the celotex...

Thanks everyone for the help and advice. It looks not too difficult. I'm a reasonably competent DIYer, and so am considering doing it all and then just leaving the plasterboards for a professional to skim. I'm looking to draw up a list of things I'll need, so would appreciate help on a few...

Is earthwool the best thing to use? One plaster said it would be better to cut 150mm rigid kingspan PIR board (not sure of what exactly this is??) Should the foil backed plasterboard touch the insulation? Are all foil backed boards the same, or are there specific ones for the ceilings and walls...

Hello, I've moved into a house with an old flat roof extension which has a bathroom in it. I've stripped out most of the room and removed the plasterboard ceiling. It has exposed the underside of the roof which did not look well insulated. There were a few rolls of old fibreglass type quilt and...

great. So if I get one of those does it push into the black tube inside the brown plastic bottle? ie. first take the grill off, then slide this into it and cut it to the height needed? I would like a wide square grill hopper that I could then attach to this new riser piece. Could I buy one on...

As the height difference to the level of the slabs is only 5cm could I not just drop some sort of grill fitting into the existing bottle gulley and that would get it close to level with the slabs. Can't find a grill attachment alone that could slot in, but something that looks like the one on...

The hefty timber are part of a raised planting bed and they touch the DPC exactly. The DPC is 4 engineering bricks high as the house is on a slope. Also the soil around the pipe has a lot of muck mixed in it and is pretty solid a few cm below the soil. Fit a gully extender into the top and...

Hello, I am in the process of paving around a drain installed by a previous owner that seems to be the wrong kind and wrong height. It was surrounded by shingle, gravel and a few slabs dotted about the area. I am trying to patio/path the entire area and after digging around the drain found it to...

Got hold of a cheap one from ebay that is roughly spot on regarding size. It is an Edwardian and has box gutter and an old type, glass "pointy" roof. Bit of a nightmare trying to piece the roof back together as it was dismantled ages ago by a builder, who yanked at a few spots and threw/lost...

I came across this mower when I moved into my new house before Christmas. Now, it's time to get out an have a good look at my garden, I thought I should have a look at seeing if I can get it working. I have my own mower to cut to the lawn, but always wanted to have a go at a cylinder mower. The...

Wise advice, and it did originally run through my mind once I had the idea. Quiet time at work, so I'm dreaming up all kinds of crazy plans of things to do around the house. I can "vent" and use this board as a place I'm less likely to get my head kicked in........ unlike home where I daren't...

Bit of a development - I've seen 2 conservatories for sale. One has nice sides and front and measures 3.5m wide across the house and projection is 3.7m - only downside is it has an old glass roof with a few misted units. The other is a roof only that measures 4m wide across the house and...

Thanks for some really helpful advice everyone. My budget would be around the 2-2.5k limit, which would include getting a good base (like one for an extension with 900 footings- my builder friend is putting one down in a few weeks and would help me out and see if he can get a discount on the...

Hello, Having a limited budget and a small house I need some extra space, but really can't afford an extension or new conservatory, so am thinking of getting a used conservatory from ebay and building it myself. My query is about possibly having to modify it. I want a glass roof, so that will...

I never intentionally left a gap or was it part of any design - I had to dig out a strip wider than the bricks in order to lay them as edging (about three times as wide as the edging in order to lay mortar and bed the bricks in.) I then intended to fill the gap with soil and seed, but the gap...

quick question about bricks edging my lawn. Even though the bricks were around 1cm above the height of the lawn and there was a 3cm space between the bricks and the lawn (from where I dug the trench to put the bricks and mortar in) the lawn has moved over a season and closed the edging gap and...