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Hi I have a mid terrace house, originally slate tiles replaced years ago with concrete causing roof to sag and slight historic bow to front elevation at roof line (the rafters don't join the ceiling joists directly, but join the wall plate which is 4-5 courses of brick above the joists) . There...

Thought I'd post an update on what happened... After giving it some thought, I figured I'd get it tested to see if it was asbestos cement (probable - not so bad as low asbestos content and fibres are mostly bound to the cement) or asbestos insulating board (unlikely, but much nastier, has...

Just opened up a chimney that had been sealed with plasterboard in my 1910 house. Looking up inside, the opening is partially covered by a white board. Question is... is this some form of asbestos? There are no obvious fibres sticking out of the cut part of it, there are some slight sparkly...

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I can't find the answer anywhere. Obviously you have to use pressure-treated wood under the ground floor, as its old and damp. How about in a cold ventilated loft? I always thought that as you get a lot of airflow, which would remove damp air, regular...

This is what I found. Here you can see one of the bricks used to create a frame of bricks around the sides of the constructional hearth. Some of the bricks were in contact with the joist (I've taken one out here) Here I've removed all the bricks, you can see the white stuff...

Hi folks getting ready to lay a laminate floor in my new house, and have just finished removing the mother of all stone hearths (it was massive). I've dug down into the constructional hearth and found some bricks used to go around the the sides of the hearth under the floor (which was filled...

Cheers Woody, you might be right - I think too much, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing :oops: The bit of external wall, is all I'm worried about - as this will be colder than anything else in winter (solid wall) - A long time ago... I'd had some pretty impressive fungus growth in...

Hi diggy I have a similar problem, and have spent quite a bit of time looking into this. There are several ways of doing this, but everything I've seen suggests that a stud wall is the best way to go - some of the proprietry solutions are very expensive! £30+ per sq M for materials alone...

Thanks for the advice so far folks... I'd done some research on insulating insulating external walls, so had seen this can cause problems due to water vapour condensing (interstitial condensation) on the cold (now colder due to the insulation) solid walls - So when I construct the stud...

Hi I've just got a new house, 1910 terrace, and as often seen the soundproofing for the party wall could be better. I can hear the neighbours talking! So, I thought I's upgrade the soundproofing of the party wall in the bedrooms. In the alcoves either side of the fireplace, I'm thinking of...

Thanks everyone for the advice so far, I only posted last night! Fantastic community here. :lol: Let me try and explain myself a bit better than I did last night. The TRV (Regis from B&Q) comes with the thermostat unit, the valve itself (the right angle piece into which the flow pipe...

Hi folks, I want to replace a couple of radiator valves with TRVs in bedrooms. So, I need to remove the existing valves, If there is a bit of movement available in the pipework I can figure out how to do this. (And when replacing, fix valve to radiator first with the pipe moved slightly down...