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The height of the new fire would require that circled layer of brick removed as it’s taller than the one existing one

The brick on the left in the circled area is loose already. None of them are touching the actual fire (although probably only a 5mm gap) but they aren’t touching.

Hi, we’re in the process of decorating our living room and planning to replace the existing fire place and fire. The new one it slightly higher than the old one and so we need to make the opening slightly bigger. One row of horizontal bricks will plenty. Just after advice as to whether it would...

I’m thinking of just putting as thick a layer of insulation under the joists then board over. As the consumer unit is in the garage, there is wiring going around and out to the house between many of the joists so would be really awkward to insulate around. Not ideal I know.

Sadly, we don’t have the headroom in the garage to have a layer of celotex and then plasterboard

It’s on the list amongst other things that need sorting

Thanks for the responses. Can I ask how you would deal with the wiring please? Do I just leave those sections empty of insulation? I’ve attached photos. Please ignore the white wire, the grey wiring is what our electrician is currently sorting when fitting the new consumer unit.

Evening, Our 1930’s house has an integrated garage (used for storage, not a car), with a bedroom above. We’ve had the asbestos ceiling removed so now have the joists and can see straight up to the floorboards of the room above. I want to insulate and plasterboard the ceiling. Would it be ok to...

Hi all, we’ve recently had an asbestos ceiling removed from our integrated garage. My plan is that the wiring left behind is sorted by an electrician when he fits the new consumer unit but I want to insulate and plaster board the garage as my son’s room is going to be directly over the garage...

Thank you, that’s really helpful. Guess it comes down to cost. I’m only a basic DIYer, I don’t have the know how you guys and girls have so lifting boards fillls my head with visions of major repairs!?

Apologies

It’s something alone the lines of the photo attached we are looking at, not a tower radiator. The pipes on that one look like they come from the floor but will certainly to the plumber about that. As for the age etc, it’s a 1930’s house but I think the central heating system is 10-15 years old

Hi it’s copper. Can take a photo once home but it’s just two copper pipes with the valves on sticking up from the floor board?

Morning all, We’re in the process of decorating a bedroom in our new home. We’ve had it skimmed and waiting to paint. We’ve removed the old panel radiator and plan to replace it with a column radiator but struggling to find one the same size. My question is, am I best to get one slightly...

That’s great, thank you for your help. Just wanted to make sure it was safe for now. Really helpful, thanks a lot :-)

Good tip with the screwed down terminal. Thank you.

Oh ok, so the black is live but not sleeved and the two red wires are also live? Told you I was stupid :-)

Hi all, Sorry if this is a stupid question. We are having a room skimmed so loosened the switches and sockets at the plasterers request. The main light switch which is the only switch that controls the main light, as I pulled it away from the wall, a wire must have come out of it’s fixing. (The...

Hi, we’ve just moved into our new home, a 1930’s link detached. Eventually we want to knock through/extend the back but think we need to live in it a while first to decide what’s right. In the mean time, we’re pretty sure it needs a rewire. Really old consumer unit and old colour wiring in all...

Hi, I was hoping for some advice. We've had an extractor fitted in our bathroom and the electrician chased down the wall about 1m from the ceiling and now this needs filling in. I know it's probably an easy job for a professional! My plan (and it may be wrong) would be to put pva coat first...