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Hi, I'm insulating my old workshop (timber frame, walls sit on brick & concrete block walls), and am currently about to start insulating the suspended floor. Have taken out the old chipboard flooring to expose the joists. The plan is to cut 90mm Xtratherm insulation boards to fit between the...

Have posted on here about this project before and got some good advice. Now just need to check something. I am insulating a garden building, for all year round use as a studio. Currently the walls comprise (from outside in) - T&G timber cladding, a black membrane, some thin polystyrene...

Hi, I'm renovating what is actually quite a substantial outbuilding (used to be a bookbinder's studio). It has no insulation yet. The roof is pitched, and I want to fit insulation between the rafters before attaching plasterboard to them. My question is: do I need to leave a ventilation gap...

Hi all, during this enforced period of staying at home I am looking to make our garden outbuilding/studio/workshop more habitable during colder months. It's a substantial and solid building, tongue and groove exterior walls, slate gable roof, plasterboard interior walls fitted to studwork. The...

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Hi all, I know there's been a few discussions here about Amtcio, Karndean and other Luxury Vinyl Tile floor companies. I want to put LVT in my bathroom, which is only about 6 sq m, and have been quoted over £600 for Amtico, circa £500 for Karndean. That's just way out of my budget. Just been to...

Hi, I've read lots of threads, here and elsewhere, about whether to remove the furniture (ie. loo and sink) before putting down new flooring in a bathroom, then replacing furniture on top of new floor, to achieve a neat finish. I believe the usual thing with a roll of vinyl is not to remove the...

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Morning, I'm going to re-floor our bathroom, by putting down marine ply over the (very old) floorboards, then putting vinyl tiles over the ply. Can anyone recommend the product I should use for smoothing over any gaps in the ply, including little dips left by recessed screws? I believe the...

Hi, Needing to buy a new strimmer. I find that I can't get along with the ones where you have to bump-feed a line and am thinking of trying a plastic blade instead. I'd like a corded one - not battery or petrol. Does any one have any recommendations for a corded strimmer that users either a...

Hi there, We live somewhat off the beaten track. There's currently no vehicular access to our house, so we park on a road and then walk across common land to get to the house. We're a bit tired of negotiating the mudslide that this path becomes every winter, and tired of carrying stuff up and...

Hi, I have a bit of Celotex left over from a previous project and am thinking of using it to insulate our conservatory roof (the Celotex is only 25mm thick but I'll probably double it up). The roof is polycarbonate, with timber rafters. I'll cut the Celotex to fit snugly into the shapes made by...