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...
Is it possible/allowed to have a double storey extension with a flat roof that you can walk on with a door from the loft leading out to it? I've...
I've had 3 different opinions from 3 different roofers at this point, hoping this community can help a bit more. We've got a house where the loft...
Hi all, First post so go easy! I'm wanting to board out the central section of our loft for some extra storage. It will only be used to store...
Hello, I am hoping to utilise this loft space so it has a floor to walk around on without resting on the ceiling joists and maybe a couple of...
I am looking into storage ideas for the loft and wondered what's people's thoughts on instilling shelfs between the loft trusses as per the...
Hi all, Due to the coronavirus outbreak, I have finally decided to face my fear and sort out the loft :confused: On going up there, I see some...
Hi folks. I am wanting to add some loft boards to the area already boarded by the previous owner of my house. The issue i have is that he didn't...
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