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  1. J

    Cold Bridging from box section & plate lintle

    Ok, first things first; I’m a natural worrier and might be panicking about nothing due to having over thought things, which is probably good reason enough not to be meddling with advanced DIY... I had some 1.8M sliding patio doors. Made the decision to go wider and change to 2.4M bi-folds...
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  2. M

    Damp ceiling

    Hi everyone, hoping someone would provide some guidance if possible. In my house one of the bedrooms gets a bad damp problem from condensation, this looks to be the worst I’ve seen it. It was built in the 1950’s, there has been insulation laid in the attic, only on the ceiling level which I...
  3. Auric

    Are these joists too shallow for suspended floor insulation?

    Hi all I live in an 1880s victorian house with a suspended timber floor. The distance from the ground to the bottom of the joist is 20cm, the joists are 9cm deep, and the gap between joists is 32cm. The plan was to put down a permeable membrane and suspend Rockwool insulation between the...
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