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:?::?: We were not intending to do the whole house, we budgeted to do just the bottom of front elevation and side elevations and leave the rest as it is - rendered and painted. If we plumped for the EWI as opposed to cavity fill, we would use rendered EWI on the rest of the house. It all...

I am not considering it - it was just an option that was suggested by someone. We mentioned that we were possibly going to consider cladding the exterior with stone slips and it was suggested that external insulation under the stone would be more effective than cavity injection - but that was...

I have some questions regarding external wall insulation and wonder if anyone has had an experience of insulting external wall post-build. - Is injected cavity insulation any good, and if so what are the likely costs for an average 3-bed detached house Which estimate between £500 and £700, but...

Thanks for explaining. I appreciate all your input.

Thanks It was suggested that the cost of liquid screed would be about £18 sq.m and labour to lay would be about £12 sq.m I am not sure if this was pumped or delivered, and what thickness the suggestion was based on. Sorry, what or who is volumetric, and if it took only 20 minutes to barrow...

I was in two minds about how thick to make it, and if I can I'll make it as thick as possible and bend to your suggestion about using mesh - any particular type? Should the PVA be diluted or neat. I have costed on the basis I would mix it, but only because at this stage I'm not sure how close...

We are moving house soon and at the next property there is a garage 5.5m x 5.5m in floor area. The floor is made up of a concrete slab which is very poorly finished and although suitable for a garage it is not really smooth enough to make a decent workshop floor. There is plenty of room to raise...

Thanks for your response. I do not have a smart system and after further research found something which appears to be exactly what I am looking for - and at a sensible price - Transmitters - https://www.trust.com/en/product/71091-wireless-motion-sensor-apir-2150-for-outdoor-use and a receiver...

It is common to have internal motion sensors that wirelessly send a signal to set off an alarm siren when the alarm is set and motion is detected. Does anyone know of a similar type of remote sensor that can send a signal to a controller which turns on lights instead of setting off an alarm? Or...

Thanks, The pitch of the roof is approx 6 degrees (according to my level) and the glass panels are 2.1 m long x .7m wide I had come up with the idea of using 'crawlboard' 1.8m x .5m made from 5mm hardboard. I hope this will spread the 'point' load of feet/knees and with the rough side of the...

We have a lean to conservatory with a glass roof consisting of 7 double glazed glass panels fitted at no more than 20 degrees of horizontal. The panel in the middle has stated to leak water at the wall end. This only happens in heavy long rain showers and when there is a wind. From outside I can...

I accept that, and the area would be well insulated. We have the same underfloor heating laid under laminate in the conservatory, and that floor heats up well enough within half an hour or so.

Thanks. So Recticel for the floor is the way forward. As thick as I make it practically. I plan to use Recticel between the roof trusses (which are re-inforced for floored storage), with plasterboard under. The heating mat will cover the entire 10sq metres of floor and comes with a wall mounted...

Thanks for the input. I take your point, and for short visits we would use a fan heater of some sort, for longer visits we would start the heating off with the fan heater and have the electric u/f on to maintain a comfort level. What about the question re insulation - anyone?

At the back of our garage we have a large area which is not really used apart from storing junk. I thought of clearing it out, then partitioning of the area to use as an office/work space - which would not be used constantly, maybe just for a few hours every few days. The walls are block/render...

Result.(y) Although the circulating pump is over £100, I found one on Ebay - brand new genuine part - for £29 and coincidentally Ebay was offering me a £10 off coupon for which the part qualified. For £19 it was worth a go.:unsure: It arrived this morning (within 48 hours) and took me 1/2hour to...

We use the same brand tablets we have used for the last 5 years - with no problem. On further investigation we find that the spray arms are not rotating (and that is why the tablets do not even get wet so have no hope of dissolving) - which according to further research indicates the fault is...

We have a Hotpoint Aquarius FDF780. A couple of weeks ago when it had finished the programme the dishes were not clean. We turned it off overnight and tried again the next day and all was well. It washed perfectly a few times over the next fortnight until yesterday when it failed to wash once...

Has anyone used a washing machine motor to build their own sanding disc/belt. There are numerous videos on youtube showing how to undertake this but I wonder if anyone has experience of how reliable such a unit would be. The other question - the videos all relate to using a brushed motor, but...

Thanks Woody. That's my thoughts, although I cannot find any real clarification on the issue. On the building control site it says no permission is needed to build a detached garage as long as the floor area is 15sq m or less, but nothing about modifying it afterwards. I'll put a External Solid...