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bcsurveyor. So is it against building regs what I am doing ?

I Just want to know if it wrong what I am doing ? There is yes's and no's ?

If have problem when come to sell I will just rip the plaster board lining off and there you go it is now non habitable. I am allowed to board the floor and insulate the rafter's

So what I have done is not allowed ? You are not allowed to line your loft ? It is strictly getting used for storage as I sell fancy dress costumes on my website and need to store them.

No just a new drop down hatch and fitted loft ladder.

ok can I just run through what I have done to make sure I have done nothing wrong. It is strictly going to be used for storage. My floor joist are 3 x 2 with 8 x 2 floor boards screwed to them. I have had a Velux window fitted. My rafters are 3 x 2 which I insulated with 50 mm...

No I have not submitted any plans as have read that is ok as it is only going to be used as a storage room. Is this correct ?

Yes I am converting my loft. Is is traditionally ventilated it does not have breathable felt.

In my loft I have studded out the wall what divides the two houses. I have insulated with lagging and am going to put a 6 mm vapour barrier then plaster board. What I need to know is at the top of the wall what meets the roof there is a draft there coming through the felt. Shall I...

Ok I am going to fill the gaps with foam. I have just got back from b n q not long ago to get my polythene vapour barrier for the studs walls tomorrow. When you say underdrawing the rafters do you mean put more insulation over the top of the other insulation as well as the rafters ?

Ok I have insulated my rafter's today. And I know I ask the question over a month ago but i went to Thailand for a month lol. I friction fitted the celotex between the rafters as advised and have got the foil back plaster boards to go up tomorrow. Where I friction fitted the celotex on some of...

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I a looking at investing some money into a house to rent out. I have went round to look at the house and it needs alot of wor which does not worry me as I can do alot of it myself. I have looked at roof and it has about 50 broken tiles which if replaced would be fine. The tile on the roof are...

I have got two rolls of roofing felt. IT is the cloth type felt so it is easy to use. Do you thin this is to use as it is waterproof ?

Getting in fitted today for £225. Uncle put me on to him and he done alot of velux fittings.

In my loft my rafter's are 75 . I have left a 25mm air gap then 50mm Kingspan then foil back plaster board to prevent condensation. Now I am not insulating the rafters underneath the big eaves i.e the shallow part of the roof. Now the wall's what come straight down from the eaves I have...

So serious £900

what roof covering do you have? Concrete tile how high is your roof? 30 ft what pitch is your roof? 8ft pitch has the labour to include the internal works? what you mean by this

What would you say is a reasonalble price for the labour on fitting a velux window. The size of the window is the large so7 ?

Would you say you can see a difference in the finish with a skim ?