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Hi all, Recently discovered a little bugger of a mouse had gotten into the attic eaves and, for whatever reason, decided to chew the aluminium flexible ducting used for the cooker hood. I'm presuming it could smell food and tried to make its way to the kitchen. Either way, it has chewed a good...

Hi, While the roof part of the dormer is ongoing (https://www.diynot.com/diy/posts/5859047/), I didn't manage to get the slates finished before 6+ inches of snow got dumped on everything. I hope the breather membranes can take a little bit of snow and ice before installation completes! Aside...

Hi, Got a dormer window in a bay shape that needs work done to the roof framing of it, as the flashing on the sides has failed over the years as well as the mortar that sealed between the slates at the peaks. Will involve ripping the slates off and repairing any sarking/framing that requires it...

Hey all, Working on a wall where the studs are old and just a mess. Aside from being twisted (which I planed flat as best I could), they're also not plumb and lean back a fair bit. The simplest way to fix this would be to sister a whole new bunch of studs all plumb and job's done. That's the...

Simple question. Want to shove in two layers of 75mm rockwool that I have on hand in a loft room where I have access to the rafters. That would leave me with a 30mm gap behind. I'm assuming it is fine because the roof is unfelted so no problems with ventilation, right?

Hi, Got some studs that were installed in an old house and twisted when they were nailed in, as they're not straight onto the pencil line drawn on the floor. Can't take the studs out and reposition them as the opposite end is on a finished wall, so a bunch of laths are nailed to it, meaning...

Long story short, tore down old walls in loft room, and will insulate between studs with rockwool. Would like to avoid cold bridging through studs but don't want to lose room space and mess about with the door jamb if possible. As I have acess behind the studs I could either throw up 100mm glass...

Hi, Have an exterior wall (cavity behind it is ventilated with outside air as in roof space), west facing. The old wall is just your standard lime plaster on wood laths that are basically strapped straight to the stone. Want to tear it all down and insulate, as I have had issues with small...

Hi all. Took some pieces of 2x2 wood lying around I had in order to cut out noggins when removing an old fireplace hearth that then had a bit of cut chipboard flooring placed down and some framing on top. I then discovered the end of that wood (I don't know how I missed this) appeared pretty...

Hi, In the middle of a job where a new stud wall is going up with PIR to replace the old lath and plaster one that did bugger all. Had to brick up a fireplace behind said wall as well as remove an old slate hearth in the floor, which left a great big gap as there were no floorboards around the...

Evening, gents. Got an issue with a recurring leaking window frame on a bay window that I have yet to solve, but think I'm on the right track now. This has probably been happening for years, but I only noticed when I ripped off the PVC window board during a redecoration in order to replace it...

Hi, Began doing a room redecoration project not too long ago, just doing a few bits every day and slowly making my way through it. It's an old house with lath and plaster walls, so the walls aren't in the best condition. I've opted to replace the old paper with newer paintable paper (so it can...

Hi, Looking for the best way to do this, beyond 'don't do it', as the alternative is going to be a lot of faff for a room that can't be emptied and worked on all at once. I was hesitant to even bother but both my parents say they have done this, and it has always worked fine in reality. To...