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Regulations say I must insulate over the wallplate and yet maintain a 50mm roof perimeter ventilation gap. But pushing loft insulations over the wallplate will likely obstruct the gap between roof and wallplate. Anyone who has suffered loft condensation will understand why this is an issue...

Have been working up a hunger for a little DIY and thought I'd take a look at my local BCOs 'menu' (table of fees to you guv). In the side dishes ("TABLE E, ALL OTHER NON DOMESTIC WORK AND ALTERATIONS") I spotted the tasty morcel of "Window Replacement", which listed in its ingredients "1-4...

I'm drawing up plans to retrofit beefed up binders. As the ceilings are already in place and pretty tight to the joists, I'm thinking I might use builders metal banding to sling the joists to the new binders. Here's a link of the sort of thing I'm talking about...

i'm wondering whether anyone can suggest a speedy / jiffy hanger that can easily be inserted between plasterboard and joists in an existing roof. Alternatively could I use this ...