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Hi All During the refurb of our house we will be fitting cladding to the top half and re-rendering the bottom half. The current finish is pretty horrendous render as shown in the picture. As horrible as it is to look at it is all sound and rock hard still so I am loathed to chip it all off and...

Hi All I am wondering what the recommended way of feeding towel rail radiators is currently, there seems to be a lot of conflicting opinion out there. We will have three radiators in two ensuite and a family bathroom, the rest of the house is heated via underfloor heating. The two options I am...

Hi all Re-plumbing a 4 bed, 3 bath house as part of a renovation and I am trying to figure out of a Secondary Return loop is worth the extra work? The longest pipe run from the tank to outlet would be about 18m. If we made up a secondary return loop the total pipe length would be approximately...

Hi All I have lifted the floor in our renovation to find the builders have not made a particularly nice job of attaching the joists to the RSJ as you can see in the photograph. Am I correct in thinking the proper way would be with a piece of word infilling the web of the RSJ and joist hangers...

Hi All I am trying to get to grips with the details of installation of the floors on the rebuild of the first floor of our house. All of the old floor covering has been removed and we are fixing and replacing joists as required. The joists are spaced at 400mm centres. The intention is to fit...

Hi All We are refurbishing a house at the moment and are fitting UFH between the joists upstairs. The finished floor will be engineered wood which I can get at 20/6mm and am currently planning on laying directly onto the joists and screwing down. Given the thickness of the boards I see no...

Hi All Some advice would be appreciated. We are doing a full refurbish on our house at the moment, fitting underfloor heating throughout amongst a lot of other work. All the stud walls and rotten chipboard floors have been removed on the first floor in preparation for the new layout. The new...

Hi All We are renovating a 1980s built house and intend to fit UFH throughout. In the existing part of the house the floor is made up of 4" of hardcore, DPM layer, 4" concrete with 2" screed over the top. Given that there is no insulation in the existing floor will overlay UFH in EPS panels...