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Correct, I am not hitting it direct on like you would a nail in a wall for example. The brick has a smooth surface so I could get large sheets of it off at once. The lintel on the other hand looks to have been casted in onsite when the house was built. The surface face of the concrete...

Lol not quite, just bolster and hammer. The render has stuck so well to the face of the lintel, its a huge ballache to get it off. Got the rest of the render off the brick work this afternoon in 30 mins, just the remaining over the lintel for now.

Thanks for your reply - regarding the socket that will be relocated into the right wall of the porch, got an electrician who can do that. Ok so i thought id chip off some more of the render today on the exterior wall - see images below. The render comes off in nice big slabs on the brick work...

Hi Guys, So to give you an overview, 1930 semi-detached property with solid wall (no cavity) - I have had a porch built in front of the original exterior wall, door and window of the house. The porch has been built to the spec of a proper extension, insulated floor, insulated cavity wall and...

thanks for this. Yes after i posted i did a little digging and found that 22mm+ is recommended thickness. i assume that the ply should be staggered?

Hi there, I am in the planning stages of having my downstairs bathroom redone and it is downstairs and it is a suspended wooden floor in the winter the floor does get cold. As i am going to have marble flooring this could get very cold in winter months. The bathroom is pretty small and the...

thanks i agree with you its best not to risk it... ill just close any gaps i find on the outer walls where external drafts are making it in then caulk the gaps at bottom of skirting. i have carpet in all rooms already. thanks

Thanks for the link but i think they are referring to the ground floor and not the 1st floor. Please see below an image of what I am proposing to the ends of all voids at the external walls on the upstairs floors. I appreciate that normally this floor void needs ventilation as...

Yes but and they have been answered. For example i have put the floor insulation above the bathroom. I used 10cm thick insulation and thus there is still a ~6cm gap in the void above and all cables sit on top of the insulation and thus air can still pass. my main issue and question i have not...

Hi there, I have a 1930s semi-detached house which i recently purchased. I have discovered that there is a draft in the 1st floor/ground floor ceiling void which can make the floor cold and also draft up into the rooms from the skirting. This house has solid brick work so is not the drafts...

Hi there, I have pulled up the floor boards close to the external wall on one bedroom and sealed any gaps I could find where air could be coming in through the brick work. Can I use celotex board cut to the size of each joist to act as a second seal within the floor. My only worry is that...

Hi all, I recently purchased a house which has a conservatory. With the heavy rain and blustery winds I have managed to discover a few some-what “minor” issues. Why the conservatory to my surprise does warm up pretty well and keeps the heat in for an acceptable time I noticed a draft from...

thanks, i assume the timbers will be ok with the lack of ventilation?

Hi all, I have a 1930s semi detached house and while doing a number of things to the house with the floor boards up in all upstairs bedrooms there is a draft between the suspended floor upstairs/down stairs ceiling. There is a bay window at the front of the house which has a small roof which I...

Hi there, Early this summer I purchased my 1st property and for the initial 3 months carried out a lot of renovation work which included plastering and where necessary boarding 50% of the property around 70% has been rewired (so having had all carpet and floorboards up at one stage in most of...

Thanks John for your informative advice. Much appreciated! I am glad you advised to use Knauf Loft roll as this was the one I was planning to use vs Celotex which is relatively inexpensive in comparison to Celotex. In the room above the bathroom i will only need 1 of these...

Thanks for this. my aim is to not necessarily make it air tight but to keep the heat in the bathroom longer so not worried if it makes it through gaps in the floor. my main worry from what i have read is ventilation as i dont want the wood to rot. plz can you advise regarding this and...

Hi there, I have a 3 bed demi detached house which has the bathroom downstairs under one of the bedrooms above. In the bedroom above i have 1/3 of the floor boards up as i had some new lights fitted along with an inline extractor fan. The joists are 15CM deep with the ceiling below...

Ok I have purchased a house recently and have had fire rated GU10 down lights fitted into the master bedroom. It is now winter and there is NO insulation in the loft and im freezing my arse off so want to move forward with insulating my loft. To summarise: I have 3 bedrooms upstairs only...

Hi there, I stripped the whole bedroom and removed all the plaster back to the sand cement scratch coat and had the whole room plastered. It has been left around 2 weeks or so and i have finished the mist coat (Dulux Trade Vinyl Matt white mixed 50/50 water). Generally speaking all has...