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there is currently no hot water, the tap would be in the kitchen and is for dishes etc. i would prefer something unobtrusive under the sink

hi people i hope you are well. i have o hot water and i am wiring the house so i was wondering if i could use an old electric shower as a inline water heater. they seem very easy to pick up o eBay

Hi people hope your all well, I am in a right pickle and could do with some ideas i am wanting to insulate a ceiling in an old cottage. The existing ceiling is lath and plaster directly on to the joists then there are the slate tiles. a total distance of 100 mm max and no where to put...

thanks for the input. how can a catnic with a 50mm upstand fit in a 40mm cavity?? the walls are both brick. The external wall would probably look a bit naff with a concrete lintle. can i use 4" angle iron?

hi all, i am opening an external cavity wall to place french doors. I was going to use a catnic but the cavity is 40mm and i cant find one to fit a 40mm cavity any suggestions. door is 1200mm

it could have several contributing factors or one major one. no ventilation certainly wont help. The moisture in the air condenses out like a mist on an autum morning, leaving damp on the bottom of a wall or behind things that have little air flow over them. Condensation damp is not the...

thanks. the bodge has worked well for over 100 years. i am not aware of a requirement to bring the floor to meet current BR. I am looking for a solution that would work, not neccessairily changing the house specs to meet new build standards.

i have quarry tiles in the lounge of our project house. i want to have laminate flooring. 1900 house. no DPM tiles onto lime mortar/ earth. tiles are solid and flat. no damp in the floor, but i think that is because it can "breathe" at the moment. any constructive advise...

I use loft type insulation that comes in roles. it gives good sound and heat insulation. Rigid boards are great for heat but rubbish at sound. They also seems to be more expensive. I build one half of the wall, including the plasterboard. Cut the role with an old saw at the spacing...

sorry for the confusion, the concreate lintels were going to be used as padstones. In regard to the photos when i put them in my DIY not album they are just black images. I put them in photo bucket and posted the link, but when i clicked on the link photobucket has a link to wifes facebook...

hi in reply to the questions raised by hotrod;- There is a wall directly over the opening, however i was planning on keeping three or four fows of brick above the lintle and below the joists. I am not sure why i thought of doing this, and i am willing to change it any advice...

sorry just posted phptos from photo bucket but they automaticlly logged on to my wifes facebook.

now i'm impressed. the house is in St Helens. ill open more floorboards to check if its continuous joists or not. I presume they wont be, why use 6m lengths when 3m would do during the construction.

cheers hotrod. I tried Catnic technical during the week but they wern't in due to the snow. the house is a semi with a 12m frontage to the building. my house is half that frontage ie 6m frontage and 6 m deep. the wall carries the weight of the floor above which hold the three...

sorry for the confusion. the wall is half a brick thick. i have exellent photo's, just cant get them on the site. with render/ plaster about 6 inches, however, i accept that the render is not loadbearing!