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Hey don't sweat it, all information is good information, and its still valid for other people (I personally don't get the issue with old posts anyway!) Cheers,

Ahhh! Ok, that makes sense now - thanks! Sorry for hijacking the thread, been meaning to ask that a few times and it came to me when reading this one.

Surely if you have a vapor barrier under the insulation, when the warm moist air rises, it will be trapped between the ceiling (plasterboard) and the underside of the vapor barrier, leading to further problems (damp plasterboard etc) ?? I've seen this mentioned a few times now, but its...

Yep, all of the wood I used was treated. I also left gaps, and the walls were pretty wonky as well, so once the battens were packed out to make square, there were also gaps behind them over most of the length. The stuff I removed had been there for a decade at least, and that wasn't in too...

I recently reboarded my utility room which is single skin. I battened the walls and then fitted thermaline boards over the battens with nothing between the battens. I then added a couple of airbricks to allow the "cavity" to breathe so any water vapor that does get in there, can evaporate...

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Thanks for your thoughts and inputs - sounds like the best solution! I have a couple of questions though (specific to your suggestions, and in general): 1. Any suggestion where I can get the bitumen impregnated fibreboard ? I did a search for it on google and it mainly seems to through up...

Actually ignore this, i just found another post which is almost the same as what I am asking (I have no idea how the hell I missed it before) http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=166351

After a little advice, I have a single skinned utility room off the back of our kitchen. The roof is twinwall poly sheet, and it looks like its been there a long time (we only moved in just over a year ago). The room suffered from bad condensation during our first winter (warm air in the...

Hi all, Moved into an old 1950s ex-authority property about a year ago, and noticed that we had the following junction box, which I thought looked old, but didn't think any more of it. Its positioned right next to the door frame of the front door, the cable on the left are coming...

Hi Thermo, Thanks for reply - mainly using it for storage, but also for a little light work (servicing mountain bike, bit of tile cutting, a little wood work etc.) - I won't be building a car or living in there as some people seem to do :-) The main reason is it just feels a little flimsy...

Hi all, Really not sure which forum to put this under, so appologies if its better suited elsewhere (I did a search on shed first, and most seemed to be in here). I would like to re-enforce/improve the floor of my pre-built shed (which is T&G), and a neighbour who did the same suggested...

Hi gcol, Thanks for the reply, yes they are 150mm sq if I recall, so I assume thats classed as small compared to some of the monster ones out there :-) Thank you for the quick reply! Best Regards Dave

Hi all, First post, so please be gentle! I've not much experience with tiling, and have always thought adhesive is adhesive on the other smaller jobs I have done. I am now a little (lot!) wiser about these things, and am looking for some advice on which BAL adhesive I should use in my...