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Hi everyone, I've just moved into a newly built bungalow and we have a mountain of boxes and other bits and pieces we just don't have enough storage space for in the house (or garage). The roof space though is considerable, so my plan was to put boarding down so we could move stuff into the...

Ultimately...lack of experience;-) If I could exchange it now I would. I'd let myself get all worried by regs (that actually aren't proper regulations) such as allowing 100W per outlet and 3% volt drop. I'd also planned to clip to joists under insulation, mandating a whopping 0.5 derating...

A roof could be a simple wooden triangle but to make the beams a more manageable size various struts, purlins and other timbers are used to strengthen and stiffen the structure, so allowing smaller beams to be used - that is why there are so many pieces of interconnected timber in the loft. In...

Running pipework through lofts is common practice, make sure its well insulated, and if its drained through the colder months then that reduces any risk of freezing and bursts. I cant see as this pipe leaking would be any different to any other leak in the flat, downstairs will get wet if its...

EPS is better but only marginally. 50mm Celotex has an R Value of about 2.35 50 mm EPS (polystyrene to the OP) has an R Value of about 1.25 50mm Rockwool Roll (the kind used in lofts) has an R Value 1.14 Depending on the sources you believe it is believed that phenolic foam insulation...

========================= Tony. Is wrong! Not only is polystyrene better inch by inch it is wind proof and water proof. It can be under water or covered in ice and it still works. You cannot say that of rockwool. You can also pile things on it without it deforming and lowering its insulation...

Yeah same here, I don't want to rely on plastic things really. our last house was boarding and the guys who did it built counterbattens and replaced all the insulation - i'm not going as far this time and they're too busy to do it so just gunna do me best.

I don't know about them loft stilt things but I have seen them in the shop and look quite expensive. When I done my loft, I screwed 2x2 to the joists and worked off that. I had just changed my upstairs ceiling so I had no insulation to mess about with while doing it. I screwed the 2x2 to the...

...over this. Seems drastic so I am hoping folk here can give me some ideas. I have toyed with the idea of boarding the entire attic with loft stilts and chipboard but it was a surprising amount of nasty, filthy work and I don't think it will help with keeping the insulation fibres out of the...

...to raise the level of my joists so that I can lay flooring and retain the extra insulation. It is just for storage. I have read about loft stilts and they seem like an overly expensive option. I have read as many posts as i can find on raising the level of the existing rafters but need some...

PropRepair fella, this is for you - I think you did not read my post properly. Already told few times, yes span 2m - joist resting on one fully load bearing wall, another wall goes all the way to ground floor and rest on concrete flooring ( technically non load bearing). Can you enlighten me on...

ok you think i am being allarmist the flooring is designed to be supported by timbers off around 400 to perhaps 450 centres in parallel lines you will have to ask the manufacturer about this now you are talking about supporting a 50% greater load[600mm apart] on fewer points assuming...

Great Did you have to use joist stilts to allow greater depth for insulation before boarding over? The depth of joist isn’t deep enough for 300mm Cheers

Hi, I would be really grateful for some advice please. My daughter has just purchased a timber framed house and wants to put some boards down in the loft. I have had a look and it looks like the the beams are part of the triangular roof timbers and are are covered in some eighteen inches of...

Hi. I performed some searches on this forum. None seem to cover what I am after. 1. How is hot water preassure achieved ? I just need confirmation that preassue is obtained from the height (or in my case lack of it) of the cold water want in the loft. If my assumption to this question...

Thanks @oldbutnotdead Not sure on the loft insulation thickness the stilts I used when boarding it were only 175mm so it has to be under 300mm, I did make sure none of it was compressed though. Will have to think about how to increase the loft floor height to get more insulation in. I...

There were 2 jobs I wasn't looking forward to, 1 definitely more than the other...... Insulating this I had fitted the loft stilts some time ago and it was just the case of once the plumber and sparky had all but finished in the loft I would fit the insulation. Its not a huge area but as...

Insulation fibres aren't going to be flying about unless they're being disturbed by something. I am going to make an assumption that it's not insanely windy up there, and it's you going in and out that disturbs it. The solution to that would be to have things set up so that disturbing the...

Folks good morning, I'm after a bit of advice on TOTALLY re-plumbing (at the same time as totally rewiring the house) my house including central heating. I would be grateful on a few pointers/suggestions in the work i am planning to do. We moved into our house about a year ago. The house...

Evening all, hoping somebody can help me here! I've got a Potterton Statesman oil burner (recently serviced) and a Grundfog UPS 15-60 pump. Yesterday, I took a radiator off to hose it out, as it's not heated up for a few months. After I put it back on, it still didn't work, as the hot water...