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Sorry about that - Thanks for the help by the way.

Thank you very much for the reply. Here is a picture from outside it must be the external staircase causing the damp. Will get better photos tonight. https://m.imgur.com/a/6QrY0Dq

As always, old houses never fail to surprise you... Started dry lining a room so I could skim it. I was struggling to get a good fixing for the ceiling plasterboard. Ripped the old Lime plaster ceiling away to expose a rotten joist... Easy fix Prop>Cut>Splice... However, next to the joist I've...

Thanks you everyone for the responses. Only one of these chimneys is to be used... Can I literally fully close the other 3 or do you still need air vents? As for the lead if I was not to use this and just cut a board of hardie backer cement board mortar it up on the stack with one hole cut for...

literally a layer of lead with 4 holes cut for the pots so if any water gets down the pots inside or outside should drip onto the tray and out of the side. Id put fresh mortar over the lead and leave small holes for any water to drain out of. Any other ways of weatherproofing this once and for...

Hi, My chimney flaunchings were shot at! I've removed all 4 pots, all the flaunchings and 2 layers of bricks down to the concrete band you can see in the below image. How should I go about rebuilding? A roofer recommended using a sheet of lead and creating a tray which sound good but because...

Hey Everyone, Could someone please advise me on how to make my manifold. :) I've just had my 45kw biomass boiler installed. All the pipework for the boiler leading to the main flow and return pipe is 35mm. My radiators which I plumbed in myself consists of 25 radiators coming to a total BTU of...

I'm looking to buy some plastic barrier pipe for my central heating system. POLYPLUMB POLYBUTYLENE BARRIER PIPE COIL 22MM X 25M Do I have to use the polyplumb expensive plastic fittings, or can I use standard compression fittings without any cons? Such as...

Hi sorry I dont understand, so duct tape where I want to finish the edge of the join and peel off when dry or still wet? Then when moving up onto thi line the day after carefully PVA the edge or slap it all over then duct tape the new plaster from the day before to stop me going over it again...

Hi around 6m long by 6.7m high. Huge Victorian hallway. Hard to access too so needs done in sections. Thanks

Hi! I'm a beginner DIY plasterer, Ive practiced on 3 walls and finally got the nack of the glass finish :) Before tackling a huge wall, how do I break it up so that I can manage portions each day? Its literally impossible to do it in a day using the rolling sectional method. I intend on...

Thank guys! Oils looking like the only valid option. Has anyone got biomass/recommend it?

Thank You! I'm sorry, I'm only familiar with gas combi boilers. So just get a "system oil boiler", What is a megaflow cylinder? Thanks.

Good Morning Everyone, Bloody cold today and a good time to consider what heating option to go for! I've (stupidly?) taken on the lifelong task of renovating a large victorian home with no central heating. I've looked into Biomass/GSHP/ASHP which all offer RHI payments woooo :whistle:. However...

My apologies, Just the biomass part, radiators and pipes are a DIY job, they'll charge an additional £8,000 for this.

Hello All! I'm renovating a very large victorian home, 3 stories and 7 bedrooms. We are considering the Biomass option, I received my first quote today for the following: £15,855 (fully fitted) Nibe Pellux Boiler 30 Kw 325 kg pellet store twin wall flue 400 liter hot water cylinder MCS...

Hmm so, if I use PL4040, I think my wall u-value will be like, 0.36... Would this be good enough? I'm in two minds, should I chip away the plaster and then face uneven walls and dot dab method, or stick right onto plaster with fixings and leave the dot and dab off.... Also do these things...

I might go for the PL4040 or thicker and just accept that modern living means to compromise one wall of each room to insulate the external. So do I basically just dry fix it to the plaster once wallpaper is stripped? The Cellotex manual says you can also use an adhesive, do I need an air gap...

Thank You. I measured.... Render: 20mm - R-value= 0.03 Solid Brick: 525mm - R-value= 0.63 Plaster: 25mm = R-value= 0.16 So currently@ u-value of ~1.01W/m2K. The big question now is, do I buy ready insulated plasterboard for the walls, or is it cheaper to buy some...

Ohh no... it will be a cold winter here! haha nevermind I have my log burner and a nice supply of wood. For internal wall insulation, would chipping off the plaster first give me much clearance to prevent masking the beautiful plaster coving with a thicker wall? Or is this asking for trouble.