insualtion

Hi Guys, I am about to put in my insulation between the rafters after my electrics first fix, The question being do I put the insulation in so they are flush to the bottom of the rafters or can I put them above my wiring as long as I leave my 50mm air ventilation gap? There will be 50mm pir...

Hello I was hoping if someone can help / advise? I have 1930's house and the floorboards are 5" T&G; I am struggling to find the same size. Someone suggested that I use structural Hardboard Plywood and it can be cut to make joints where I have electrics, gas water pipes running to make it...

I'm currently renovating a my new home which is a late Victorian house, and I've taken plaster off a couple of stud walls in my office. With in the room, there are currently (The house was rewired around 7 years ago). 1 Run of 1.5mm T + E for the lighting Circuit (running from floor to ceiling...

Hi all I’m planning on turning the garage into a workshop and have noticed this winter (we only moved in last year) that the corrugated metal roof seems to gather a lot of condensation. It drips down, not torrentially, but I’d want to sort it out before I get the electricity put in obviously...

Hi all, Will try and keep this short. Recently bought a house and it has a very old double garage (from 1964) which has been used as a bike workshop for a long time and I wish to convert it into a man cave / editing room for my job - so will need lots of sound proofing. I really do not know...

Hi, I am renovating a property that had been empty for a while and there was a leak going through a flat roof which has a terrace on it, into the kitchen of the ground below. The leak has been fixed and the damaged plasterboard for the ceiling of the kitchen have been removed. At the moment...

Hello All, I've gone round and round in circles on this and would appreciate some input please.... Last autumn a workshop was built at the back of my garden, it was built on a concrete slab and constructed of med-density concrete blocks (single skin) with a OSB roof covered EPDM. Last winter...

I’ve read all the previous threads about this topic but it doesn’t resolve my query. I am going to use 100mm fibre insulation between the joists supported by mesh/netting underneath but do I need a vapour proof membrane over the top before relaying the floorboards? The floor is well vented...

Hi, I have been given GRP roof quote back in July. I have contacted the guy again and he said the insulation price has recently gone up by 20%! so I have to charge you more on insulation. Is this normal? Thanks

Hi All, Bit of a lurker but thought this would be the best place to ask the questions. Our old (1865) house has a loft room that has always been a room ( i suspect it was servant quarters once). The room now has stairs direct into the room. The room itself has a pitched apex roof with 5ft dwarf...

My loft is insulated and boarded out (between the rafters isn't insulated, but I might come back to that one day), but I have question regarding the gable ends of the loft. The boarding and insulation doesn't quite meet the wall, meaning there is a void that drops to the lower floor...

Hi folks I'm moving house in the next few weeks to a new build with detached 20 x 12 garage. I'll be converting the garage into a home bar, complete with pool table. The garage is single skin (brick build) and the external is rendered. The floor is concrete and the roof I'm not sure on...

Hi folks I'm moving house in the next few weeks to a new build with detached 20 x 12 garage. I'll be converting the garage into a home bar. The garage is single skin (brick build) and the external is rendered. The floor is concrete and the roof I'm not sure on, however it's pointed with...

I've got a double garage at the rear of my property and I'm looking to attach a new "Shed" to the back of it. I've already laid a 4x3m 9 inch concrete slab with DPM but I'm undecided on how to proceed. My choices have boiled down to the following and I'm keen to hear peoples opinions. Timber...

Hi, I have searched far and wide for an answer to this but can't seem to find one, so am looking for a little bit of advice. We have owned our house for approximately 2 years, it is an end terrace. When we moved in the front door was on the side of the house. We have recently restored it...

Hi I had an outhouse built, 6m length, 3m width The 4 walls are single brick (internally rendered) then 50mm EPS insulation 'dot and dabbed' followed by plasterboard and skim. The roof is a flat felt roof with 100mm mineral wool insulation, and the floor is a concrete slab. A year later I...

Hi, First time posting here, I have taken all the plaster off on the external solid 9" walls (1930s house) and now want to insulate and redo them using celotex 37.5mm thick 2.4mx1.2m plasterboards. I have heard many stories about damp and condensation issues caused by internal insulation. Do...

Hi, I'm looking for some advice on how to go about insulating and humidity-proofing my shed with the hope of going on to turning it in to an indoor tropical rainforest type of thing with pineapples, figs etc and maybe even fish at some point (in Scotland) . It was a pigeon coop/house and...

Hello all. Wondering if anyone can help me with some insulation advice. I have a 1890s Victorian terrace that had an existing DIY loft conversion done to it in the 90s. Structurally its sound but the insulation is 55mm expanded polystyrene and is between the 75mm rafters and flush against the...

Hi, my house is 1900 Victoria terrace with a ground floor passage ginnel on one side. I have a tiny single brick room on the second floor. The brick is old stock I think and is very soft. The mortar is lime and the original plaster was lime. Someone has skimmed over the plaster with a cement...