vapour layer

Just curious about people's thoughts on this I'm currently working on a diy project of a wetroom on a first floor with only loft space abovr. I was planning to use duplex boards and a primer but wondered since it will be a small wetroom with potentially a lot of hot steam would it be worth...

Hi all, We live in a chalet style house where the bedrooms are essentially in the roof. The bedroom walls are stud with uninsulated plasterboard. The studs are visible from the eaves side of the wall and would seem easy enough to put some flexible batt insulation in here, was thinking wood...

We are converting our garage into a living space, the floor construction is DPC, 2inch insulation and 10inch slab. We need to make up the floor level by 160mm. We are told we can just skim over with self-leveling as the floor isn't that bad, directly lay 120mm Kingspan, then lay directly ontop...

new built detached outbuilding/store/workshop modern build concrete blocks/cavity insulation/thermalite blocks inside (won't be skimmed or boarded) floor insulated mono pitched low pitched roof occasional heat but more about keeping stuff dry as opposed to getting moisture damage in old shed...

Hi I'm currently renovating my bathroom. Taken all the walls back to brick, and started to overboard the artex ceiling. I'm going to batten and board all the walls, infilled with kingspan, and I have bought a vapour layer to prevent moisture condensing on the insulation. 2 questions, really...

HI, I am new to the forum. I have a new build finished and been living in this past year. The builder forgot to add vapour control layer to the ceilings as shown in red on the attached section image. 2 coats of emulsion paint have been provided to the ceilings. There are no visible issues but I...

Hi, I'm planning on insulating a 'single brick' wall in my house. I plan to attach a vapour sheet, wood batten on top and then fix Celotex PL4060 on top. The plasterer will then skim the plasterboard face. Do I need to notify the council before doing this work. The guy at reading council...