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Radiator is on other side of wall, pipes from this go below floor boards in living room. There used to be the main water pipe coming in under the floor but this burst (probably 20 or more years ago now) so the pipe now comes in and is fed up and through the ceiling of the ground floor towards...

Hi, everything in our house was re-done so new floors/walls throughout. We have a new tiled hallway you can see in the picture, the wall is a brick wall which was PVA'd and new plasterboard/skimmed and with new skirting. As you can see from picture there is a layer of damp that has appeared (on...

Hello, We are purchasing a house for my dad to live in but the survey picked up that there is no fireproof wall in the loft space. Currently as it is you can see into next doors loft from ours (on each side of chimney breast). So although it's not a requirement of the mortgage it is important to...

Yes its felt so I'm aware of the air gap needed. The roofer fitted 4 slate vents to the roof. So.. im gathering that i will need this small ceiling to the room and allow air to ventilate above rather than taping and plastering all the way up to the top on each side which would leave no air...

Hello, I am insulating my pitched roof. This space will form part of the room in the top of the house and therefore there is no loft space. I have been insulating with 50mm ecotherm which is sheet insulation (like celotex or kingspan). Please advise me if I should simply insulate and...

Thanks, do you know what this yellow stuff is called? :D

As you can see from the pictures there is substantial growth on the roof. I'm not sure if the growth on the tiles is a problem or not? I'm guessing the growth and mud that seems to have appeared on the side of the roof window gulley is a problem or it would become a probelm with time...

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I've gutted the top floor of my house so that it's one big room which opens up from the stairs. By removing stud walls, i have removed the support for the ceiling rafters. These rafters run accross the room balanced from the two supporting beams in the sloped roof. Previously, you could go...

Hi, please consider the structure of my roof as shown in the picture (ignoring the strip of incorrectly fitted loft roll) I am going to insulate the low wall parts with loft roll held in place and 12.5mm plasterboard screwed to the rafter. There is a void behind for ventilation. I will...

Ok thanks, one more thing.. would you advise me to staple a vapour barrier between the rafters and the plasterboard or simply fit plasterboard to the rafters covering the celotex without the vapour barrier?

Thanks for your comment. I'm thinking of removing the plasterboard in the wall sections because I've made a hole in it to see whats behind and I can see the old lathe and plaster wood strips behind the plasterboard with loft roll behind it. Do you think I should just fill in the hole I've made...

The picture shows the inside of a flat roof which has been fibreglassed on the outside. I removed the old plasterboard as part of gutting the whole of the top floor to re-do it from scratch. There was lathe and plaster below the plasterboard but no insulation between the rafters. Should I...

I am thinking about insulating the highlighted stud wall with 100 or 170mm loft roll secured in place with tape or netting. Is this ok? Obviously the thicker the better. But is it the best thing to do? Will it do? Will 50mm sheet insulation be any better for this area? Obvioulsy it would be...