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masona's idea is fine if you intend to remove the insulation from between the top floor of the house and the roof space. That will then be heating your loft because the heat will easily rise into it. If the area is heated it does not need to be ventilated as condensation cannot occur...

oilman, My apologies. I misread your comments. What I wanted to highlight was that (assuming that you are in the camp that think rising damp does exist) rising damp cannot be caused by condensation. I misread and thought that is what you were suggesting. Always happy to accept my mistakes. :-)

Silly as it may sound your best bet is places like Harrods or Selfridges. My wife is from Malaysia and we have friends/relatives visiting London contantly from the far east/se asia/NZ/Australia. Invariably they have bits of kit they want to use and all of the touristy department stores are well...

I must have seen thousands of windows put in in my time and I can only say that the "£1300 for 8 windows" type offers can only be an enticement to get you to arrange for a salesman to call. To give you an idea when I am roughly estimating the fitted cost of replacement windows to typical...

How can we know what the builder means? Ask him? Get his answer in writing. When I suggested you get some professional advice I didn't really mean from a builder, I meant from a Chartered Building Surveyor or Structural Engineer. I am the former and whilst I am happy to provide genaral...

The first coat on new plaster should be an alkali resisting primer. Every paint manufacturer makes one, and every paint manufacturers recommends it is used on all new plaster. However such primers are not cheap compared to a mist coat of emulsion so often it is not used. However, I appreacite...

David, you also asked "also your point about rented accomodation not being correct to IEE regs... if that was the case how come the council had to go around everyones house and fit smoke detectors that were wired in through the mains and not just stick battery powered ones on the ceiling."...

David, you also need to be aware of the fact that whenever a tenant improves a property (whether it is because of a defect or because they just want some improvment), firstly they must have the consent of the landlord to do it. Once it is done the improvment belongs to the landlord. So you...

Your pictures still don't alter the substance of what I have said or where I think you stand legally. Your best hope is that the letting agent doesn't understand landlord and tenant law or is so annoyed with you bugging him that he coughs up some dosh to make you go away. Once again, it is...

I hope you had fun researching it renovator. I had a great time with mine, the only chance I have ever had of really reseaching something thoroughly. I did mine on managing asbestos in buildings and predicted that the government would eventually introduce new regulations requiring asbestos...

David, you asked "can i hold the estate agents responsible as the house owner said that they (agents) organised an electrical inspection of the house before it was cleared for rent and passed it" Legally, No. The agents are your landlords agents, they work for him and he is as liable to...

Paul and gme106, It really is essential that the chimney is fully ventilated and the reason is simple. Ventilation keeps the inside of the chimney dry. What happens if the inside of the chimney isn't kept dry is less simple and is also not explained on the otherwise very helpful link that...

If the kitchen units have plinths there is no point in laying the laminate floor under them. If the units have exposed legs then you will have to lay the laminate under them. If the laminate is laid properly and your kitchen units fitted properly. then neither of your worries should be a problem

I have used the B&Q job too, great for DIY jobs.

I'd say your real choice is going to be between price and quality. Most of the large felt manufacturers will offer insurance backed warranties of 20 - 25 years on thier high performance felts so long as the work is done by one of thier approved contractors. The Products generaly have BBA...

I have specified similar systems in the past masona and they are widely used in the refurbishment of social housing. It is very effective, but not cheap. It does have the added benefit of improving the appearance of concrete panel walls too.

The answer to your question is in the document I linked to. You need to look up the dimensions of your purlin on the tables therein and assuming you can find one with the same dimensions read off what the maximum unsupported span is. Then you just need to make sure that the unsupported span...

And I thought you were old enough to be using timber needles masona. :lol:

It is difficult to understand what you are proposing without seeing a drawing. I think you are talking about taking the existing side walls of the chimney breast out and building a narrower chimney breast. If so you should not attempt it without getting professional advice from a building...

That would depend upon what the practical options are. Can a rad on your central heating system be installed? If not then maybe an oil filled electric radiator if you have power. The thing not to use is a Calor Gas heater as these produce lots of water as a by product of combustion and could...