Good evening, I was wondering if it is safe and legal to go into the loft and take a feed off the upstairs lighting circuit and run a cable...
We're in the process of buying a mid-terrace Victorian/Edwardian (estimated at 1900) house and have just received our Home Buyer's Survey....
I have just finished levelling and plaster boarding the bedroom ceiling. The loft is above this and was converted to a bedroom many years ago. I...
Hi All, I'm new here, but have often found lots of good advice on the forum, so thought I would post for some advice myself. I moved into a new...
Hi, there's a leak in the corner of a loft conversion. No one can figure out where the leak is coming from. Any ideas from the images? Some...
Hi All, I have built a loft conversation and I made it with flat roof. I am currently having problems with the condensation. In order to prevent...
I took the ceiling off my upstairs bedroom in Victorian property (no cavity solid walls) to be re boarded and plastered. I am re insulating with...
Hi guys, I hope I can find some help here. Some months ago, we installed Icynene foam in our house and got rid of the fiberglass insulation in...
The sparky has fixed the cables for the both lighting and sockets to the sides of the joists in the loft and then dropped them down to where they...
Hello and thanks in advance for feedback. I live in a semi-detatched 1950s build ex-council house, and it's pretty cold during the winter. On...
I'm boarding the floor of my loft and wanted to know if I could do away with these flimsy support posts and if so what could I replace them with?...
Hi All, Many thanks in advance for any help anyone can give. Can anyone help advise what fireline plasterboard I need to use to clad our loft...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] As the title states, in my roof I have what I believe to be called longitudinal bracing. It...
We have a horizontal split down a purlin in our loft and have read we can fill it with epoxy resin, is there any particular type anyone could...
I'm lowering the first floor to accommodate for my loft conversion to comply with building regs, I'm thinking of tackling it myself but I'm unsure...
There are various air/ventilation holes in the eaves, which will be partially or wholly covered if the 200mm topper goes up to the edge. Am I to...
I have 100mm joists with old insulation I am replacing. I only have 50mm foil celotex. Can i put them on top of each other for 100mm? Do you...
Just been sorting loft of 1930s house. Laying insulation and lifting poorly laid floorboards. Just uncovered something I'm unfamiliar with....
Hi, Any help identifying this loose fill loft insulation? I need to form a hole for a bathroom fan and I'm a bit unsure on the type. I've been...
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