I live in a terraced house built in 1969. There are no cavities in the walls. The front is south facing and the back is full north facing. We are...
I am about to plasterboard the ceilings in my house although I am trying to figure out if I have a warm or cold roof. I think it may be a cold...
Hi guys, I am currently renovating my new house and have all the ceilings down due to asbestos. From this, I found that there was no insulation...
I was hoping someone could give me some advice about insulating a roof. I have just moved into a 1950’s built house that has an old concrete flat...
Hi, I've added 50mm PIR insulation between the rafters in the pitched roof of a small bedroom, and I was going to use insulated plasterboard...
I've just moved into an older house and the previous owners have had the chimney bricked up at the fireplace opening and a vent is fitted to allow...
My friend's bungalow has a single story extension which has a short loft above the ceiling below a 25 degree pitched roof. The gap between the...
Hi all, I'm new to this forum and looking forward to your advise on this matter, so thanks in advance! I have an old property, circa 1900's, when...
Hello, I live in a 3 bed semi detached home with a pitched roof. I was repairing a hole in one of the bedroom ceilings which is plasterboarded on...
I'm looking to add insulation (50mm mineral wool or 20mm underlay) below the 1st floor floorboards between the joists. There are access points...
Hello, as a woman who knows very little about building I'm just after some advice for some work I've recently had done. So the job was a reroof...
Hiya, Desperately need some help please! I work for myself and use the garage as a workshop and to make it usable in the cold I've insulated it...
Hi everyone, My question is regarding a front porch (/front extension). We wanted to build a porch but remove the existing door completely and...
Hello, Is there anyone in the know who help, please? I’ve been researching asbestos after finding some old boards in my mums house recently....
Hi, I've come here for advice before but this is my first post. So hi :-) I have discovered that the singlestory extension on my house has no...
Was digging around in the loft the other day and found some really old insulation buried under some newer stuff. I've attached some pictures. As...
Hi, firstly thank you for reading. This post maybe long but I wish to offer as much info as possible thus aiding any advice you could give me...
Hi! I'm trying to insulate a single skin concrete garage workshop as best I can without too much outlay as we rent. We've fixed up 50mm...
Hi, looking for a quick opinion. We are converting a loft and have been specified to use Kingspan K18 insulated plasterboard (25mm PIR + 12.5mm...
We recently moved into a house which requires some insulation improvements. Cannot do much about the solid walls but the loft insulation is only...
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