bay window

So I have a bay window where i want to build a seat into the bay. My house is old (United kingdom built circa 1930) and I can't for the life of me find any wall studs. It's lathe and plaster walls, I've tried a really strong magnet without luck. I pulled out a skirting board (baseboard) under...

Hi All I am planning on insulating my 1st floor bay window using celotex or similar between the joints. I have removed the plaster and lathe, but now I have a question. The void between the joints drops down below the floorboard level, and seems to be a void until just above the ground floor...

It’s started to crack seemingly after my neighbours carried out extensive works, they did a rear and loft extension with PWC agreement in place - a few issues that were resolved. The works in their house took almost 2 years, their were cracks to the party wall but nothing seemingly major, I had...

Hi We have a square Bay that is currently Mock Tudor & a bit tired & tatty. Cement panels, framed by Wood. Some of the Cement has crumbled. I want to replace it with Wood & thought Reclaimed Scaffold Boards would look fantastic & be durable. Given that Scaffold Boards don’t have Tongues or...

Hi, The single story bay window on my Victorian terraced house is beginning to tilt away from the front wall. Neighbours have said that the soakaway for the downpipe that is within a few feet of the bay window is the likely cause and that others have added an extension to the down pipe so the...

Hello I'm after some advice on some external air bricks at the base of a bay window and whether I need to remove concrete around the base of the bay. We've just bought the house and it needs quite a bit of improvement. There's a bit of damp coming through on the inside of the bay. There are...

Have lived in our house for around 3 years now, and this has got progressively worse every autumn/winter. Have had a couple people look at it, and they all say something different. Have topped up the sealant to the uPVC windows on the outside. House is semi detached, and around 100 years old. We...

Hello everyone, I have some what looks like evidence of former damp under my 1930s bay window. The bay window is not mine yet but will be once I complete on the house. I have posted 2 photos : 1 of the cill and the other of the wall. The wall and cill are dry to touch. I'm thinking this is...

Hi all, I've recently moved house and the previous owners have painted the lead flashing above a bay window. It's looking a bit shabby now and peeling off to some degree. Not sure what paint it is but how could I remove it? Also, I've seen people advise not to paint lead flashing but we are...

Hi, We have just purchased a house and the front lounge window is completely made of glass as pictured below. We want to replace this with a bay window and have been told buy the people we got a quote from that "No need for planning permission as we are not widening the window only changing...

hi We have recently found water dripping into our lounge from the join at the ceiling at the bay window, we first thought it may have been a leak in the radiator directly upstairs, having taken the floorboards up upstairs the pipes are fine. We then discovered that below the bay window upstairs...

Please see attached photos showing roof above bay window. My thought was to seal all the gaps up with silicon, then use celotex to insulate with expanding foam to hold it in position. Use some new damp proof membrane under that and finish with some new 12.5 plasterboard. My worry is would...

Hi guys I am after some advice please?! We have a 30 year old house, brought it 6 years ago and had new Windows installed just after the purchase which included a bay window replaced and rebuilt. We started noticing small cracks on the inside bay wall about a year ago but thought they were...

The plaster was loose underneath the bay window in my 1940s semi. So once I'd ripped out the lath and plaster I wanted to the opportunity to insulate the bay before it is replastered. There appears to some kind of felt exposed now (see pics below). So it would be great to get some advice on...