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You seem to be suggesting to replace your thermostat with a programmer -- that's a bit odd. I don't know about the Wiser, but Nests retrofit nicely as they call for heat using a wireless connection (as distinct from Wifi) back to the switching ("heat link") unit (which you can install next to...

Thanks -- will go for it then.

I've installed velux windows between roof trusses and plan to box them in and get a plasterer to skim them while bonding/ skimming over the artex on the rest of the ceiling. However I've messed up slightly and cut the ceiling plasterboard right flush to the joists. The rebates on the windows...

I'm boxing in two Velux light shafts above a monopitch kitchen roof down to the ceiling level and wondered what was the easiest way to effectively insulate the shafts. The rest of the ceiling area just has fibreglass batting laid between the joists. The plasterboard will be fixed to the inside...

OK, put together a better rough sketch with rough planned window install location. Might be beginning to get some grasp of the lingo.... It's a monopitched truss roof, ~2m span, ~4m wide. So, I'd first have to cut out the diagonal bracing to the right of the second truss in the picture, and to...

Thanks noseall. I will try to put some better drawings together here then will give Matt a call. I've managed to get a roofer & chippy round to quote but still not heard back. No SE seems to be interested. The carpenter suggested sistering the "rafters" on each side of the windows (which...

I got a couple of sheets of 18mm hardwood ply froom Wickes to give it a go. The face of the ply looks quite nice. The edges have various voids and discontinuities but they won't be seen. The resulting test cabinet looks decent enough that I'm now thinking I can get away with brush painting just...

Hi, I'm planning to remake our kitchen. I think I've settled on 18mm ply for carcasses (perhaps with 12mm ply for backs). Shaker-style doors from 12mm ply framed with tulipwood. I plan to (spray) paint. I know MDF or MFC would be cheaper, but having looked at a few kitchens, I dislike the...

You'd think so... Will try some more. By stick framing I meant "traditional" rafters

Thanks. Both of these seem like sensible options. I talked to a structural engineer who seemed to suggest that no engineer would be willing to suggest these kinds of mods and that I'd be better off opening the whole thing up and changing to stick framing. One issue seemed to be that the cross...

Sorry... The roof isn't tied in to the rest of the roof at all (can't see how to edit). I also forgot to attach pics. One of the cross members and one external view showing the full roof) the lower roof on the rhs of the image) .

Sigh... I thought this was going to be easy. A portion of my kitchen (about 4m wide by 2m long) is a pitched roof lean-to type construction (that continues down from the main roof) with trusses every 600mm. These trusses appear to be completely independent from the main roof on the rest of the...

Hi, I'm about to install two Velux windows between trusses in my kitchen, creating plasterboard light shafts around them. Once done I plan to have a plasterer knock down and skim over the artex in the rest of the kitchen ceiling. I'd like to keep the costs low and the job as easy as possible...