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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The picture shows the 4th floor of my house which has stairs coming up into the room. I have some issues with how to insulate different parts of the roof but in this post I am specifically asking about the highlighted area in the voids. There is nothing between the roof and the ceiling on...

Hello, I have uploaded a couple of pictures to assist with your responses. I am just considering my options and the pictures show the initial thoughts on how I would insulate the whole of the top floor. My house is Victorian with 4 floors. The top floor is shown in the two pictures...

Hello, I have created an album under my profile and I have uploaded a couple of pictures to assist with your responses. I am just considering my options and the pictures show the initial thoughts on how I would insulate the whole of the top floor. My house is Victorian with 4 floors. The...