Search results

Hello. My house needs re-rendering and I understand that now under building regs it need to be thermally improved. However the house was built in 1914 and has a narrow cavity wall. The cavity doesnt exist everywhere either. In some places the walls have virtually no cavity and the wall in the...

Thanks Woody. I'm just starting to get my head around this and visualising how the tanking works. I was thinking of the tanking membrane that water can run behind. I actually have a manhole outside next to the cellar wall with a big drop about 8ft into a sewer (that can be climbed down). Was...

What I'm wondering is, do I have to tank behind them? Which would involve lifting them off the wall and reattaching. I thought boxing them out might be a way around having to do that. Because it seems dangerous (and potentially illegal) to do it myself. Sliding a membrane behind might be...

Hello there. I have a lot of questions but will do one at a time, (more or less). I'm considering a diy basement conversation. My first query is about boxing out items attached to the walls. There is an electric meter. Gas meter, soon to be water meter, electrical consumer unit and the gas...

This is why i wanted as much space as possible :)

Thanks for your replies. There's actually quite a lot of back ground that i'll go into now (didn't want to go into it at the start) I've tried quite a few things to solve the issue but we're still getting condensation. Also attached a couple of photos. When we bought the house there was a...

Thanks everyone for all the replies! Lots of really useful ideas. I think perhaps I'm too concerned about insulating it. I'd like to keep it brick/ block rather than wood/glazed mainly for security purposes. Wood may be an option though if its tough enough. We may keep bikes in it hung from...

Hello, hope some one may be able to help. We live in a small 2 bed ex-council house and have a problem with condensation forming on the wall at right angles to the front door at the bottom of the stairs. The hall area here is generally the coldest part of the house. The door is very old with...

Hello I hope someone can help with this question. I'm looking to build a porch and want to minimise the thickness of the wall. Is there a way of doing this that will optimise heat retention without building an insulated cavity wall? I want to build the porch onto the side of my house and there...

Hi hope someone can give me some advice. I'm wanting to build a single skin brick shed about 3m x 2m and a pitched roof going from 1.8m to 2.2m in the middle. I was wondering how deep and wide to make the foundations? Ta Jo

Nice one thanks Freddy

Hi guys, I hope someone can help I'm wanting to build a brick shed and wanted to check if I would need building control to inspect. I don't want them round as we have an non compliant garden room that was built a good few years ago before we moved in and i haven't decided what to do with this...

Thanks again, i've still not got it sorted as been doing other things. Will soon tho i hope

Thanks everyone, Petit_pablo, the screw i'm missing actually holds the diverter manifold to the lower bracket in the boiler. The part i'm thinking is the plate heat exchanger is also connected to this bracket. The diverter and heat exchanger aren't actually screwed/fastened together directly...

Thanks paul, I went for the set of 6mm holes, had to drill about 30 and then carefully chiseled the gaps out. It looks like a sharks mouth but thats ok as it's hidden behind the loo.

Hello, hope someone can help. First question is I've bought a BnQ sink and the sink doesn't sit well on the pedestal. Whats the best way to fill the gap between the two. My dad recommended window putty but it doesn't seem to want to set. Would plain old silicone be ok? Second I've got a...

Thanks everyone for the advise, I hired some equipment and risked climbing on the roof at the weekend. Made a new hole in the wall and solved it that way. jo