British Spec built... :)

[Dainius]

Hi all,

Thought I'd share my story about owning and fixing my first home in UK - two floors maisonette, built in 60's
So photos of condition and work being done follows...

 

[Dainius]

Started from first floor kids bedroom. Room windows facing north-east, so it was very cold and could feel breeze coming from somewhere.
Started ripping plasterboards to fit insulation, not much was found inside...

 

[Dainius]

Ripping things out and fitting insulation. The first floor room has overhang to outside, and breeze was coming through exterior cladding as there was absolutely zero floor insulation and I could see streetlights through All floorboards had mould on the underside

 

[Dainius]

Should be warmer now...

 

[Dainius]

Progress

 

[Dainius]

It felt like front doors are always open

 

[bernardgreen]

I think the thread title needs to be changed from
British engineered...
to
British Spec built.....

 

[Dainius]

No problem

 

[Dainius]

Decided to knock drywall between kitchen and living room. Ground floor - concrete slab everywhere...

 

[Dainius]

Fixing slab floor problems and rerouting central heating.

 

[Dainius]

and built a plaster box to hide ceiling gap and level problem

 

[Dainius]

New ground floor, with insulation. Could not find proper thickness so had to improvise - 3 x layers of 5mm extruded polystyrene and vapour barrier.

 

[jjpearce05]

Looking good - hopefully much warmer now !