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Hello everyone! Can anyone tell me a reason not to use roll insulation (the same as the stuff you get in campervans), or underfloor insulation as an additional layer of insulation in the ceiling of a loft conversion ?- it would then be covered in plasterboard long story shot - we have a...

We have a small bathroom, and my son (dont you just love kids) left a tap running, we had cheap lino down and it looks like the chipboard flooring is totaly soaked though. Reading online, this is not something that's worth saving. So I'd be looking to pull it up and replace it. What's the best...

So, long story short is we are going to upgrade our velux windows in a partial loft conversion rebuild and upgrade. At the moment we are unsure if we will replace with the same size. We might opt to replace with something that’s thinner but longer. Meaning that the existing hole that’s been cut...

Anyone know the best way to attach angle beading to insulated plasterboard? Because if its thickness standard angle beading can’t be screwed to the baton that’s under the insulation. Anyone know the best way to deal with this? .

Hi all, Im most of my way through a garage conversion - its nothing special, more of a nice workshop than a beautifully finished room.. The walls are now done - fully insulated with a vapor barrier pinned, covering walls and ceiling. And now onto the floor - my plan is to 1st lay a sheet of...

I have a cheap door (which is in great condition) that I picked up on FB, and it's about 70mm too small for my existing opening. This is a side garage door and is very very well protected from rain and the roof overhang is pretty large. I have loads of birch ply hanging around and I am...

Hello! Im in the process of converting a garage to a insulated workshop - Ive put up stud work that's parallel with he window opening but I didn't think how best to fill the gaps in the window reveal before I did all this (newbie error!) The gap is quite large, probably around 100mm - Ive...

Hey all. I’m in the middle of a diy garage conversion. At the moment the stud walls up and I’m now thinking about electrics Before I go further I will be asking an electrician to pop over/offer advice and perhaps quote on doing the more skilled parts of the job, but before I do this I’d like...

Hi All, We have a sizable double garage and Im thinking of converting one half into an office. My current plan is to do this with zero structural change to the garage*. Ill basically will be putting in insulation (it's a single brick building), plasterboard, and nothing else, it already has...

Our house has never been warm. I know it has cavity wall insulation as I've come across it while drilling holes and having a wood burner installed a few years back. But how good is what we have I just don't know. There could be voids around the house, I simply don't know. And what is in the wall...

Our Gas and Electic meter boxes are in a bit of a state and need replacing. In addition to this, we had an engineer visit a while back to install a smart meter and couldn't as our boxes are metal. my confusion lies in who to talk to with regards to getting them replaced - is this a simple...

Okay, Im not a total idiot but still... I have a large double garage which already has a partition down the middle - other than that is single brick, concrete floor construction with two single-glazed windows. Building a stud wall/adding buttons to the walls is a piece of cake. Where I'm a...

I have a double garage which is actually divided in two. One side is already insulated, the other side is not The side that’s not insulated is storing wood that’s used for my wife’s business and needs to be kept dry, currently we have a humidifier running more or less 24/7 which is not ideal...

Our house has always been cold... In an attempt to find out why I popped my head into one of our crawlspaces in our lost conversion. See attached image - Looks a state. We have about 15 meters of crawl space like this that needs to be insulated. Below this section is our living room, but it...

Long story short,,…we have a loft conversion (came with the house when we brought it) with loft space that runs along the side, these are small spaces but I have access. There are 3 sections, more like crawl spaces but each about 12ft long. In these crawl spaces we have a single layer of...

Hi All, We have two rooms, roughly 55m2. I've had a couple of quotes, one slightly above 2k and the other just under, both from well-known carpet supplies. Obviously £2k is a lot of money and if that's the cost it's going to be that's the cost it's going to. But at that cost Id be a fool not...

Hi all, Let me just say improbably, almost definitely going to get a plumber in for this... So, our Grohe (low pressure/pumped) shower unit has gone pop, it's old, and Grohe no longer supports it. So time to buy another. we were thinking of this one - Mira Platinum Valve & Controller...

So, I have a rental property with an old and slowly deteriorating (wood) conservatory. Ive had a quote to replace all the wood with pvc and pop on a new roof - £6100 This is out of my budget unfortunately, and seeing as its a rental its not essential to have the conservatory anyway, its just a...

So - I have about 31 meters of coving to install, most of it is in fairly small sections - 3 meters here, .5 meters there. But two walls, one 5 and another 7 meters long have a bit of a dip in the ceiling. Whats the best plan of action here, any advice would be appreciated?!

Hi All, I have a garage which due to a bunch of boring reasons has been wired by an idiot, and most of the wiring his hidden behind plasterboard. My garage is split into two (just a partition wall down the middle), but both sides include 3 overhead lights, and 5 plug sockets.....although I...