One of the major reasons why people don’t insulate their lofts to the recommended 300mm depth is because they have used the space for storage. This means that very often the loft has around 100mm of insulation and then boards …
Loft stilts can help increase levels of loft insulation Read more »
Last week I had my two chimneys lined as they were not drawing very well and some smoke was leaking into the upstairs room via the old chimney breast. The house originally had three additional fires, one in the kitchen …
The Dutch Postcode Lottery and Cradle to Cradle competitions have had some amazing finalists this year. The winner this year’s Postcode Lottery Green Challenge was BioMason’s CO2-free brick production process, which uses bacteria to ‘grow’ bricks! Can’t wait to see these around, especially given …
When we think about insulating our lofts we only think about keeping them warm in the winter. However, with summers projected to get warmer, we also need to start thinking about keeping them cooler in the summer. So insulation works …
The render under the window was harder to get off. Attached to cement blocks that we used to fill gap when bay removed The front of my house is flat with one large window downstairs. I sort of knew that …
Several years ago, we had an extension put onto the back of the house, over an old flat roof. However the extension didn’t cover the whole of the flat roof, so we had a pitched roof put over the remainder …
Flat roof under pitched roof – An insulation tale Read more »
When doing my holiday work, one of the objectives was to remove the micro-cracks in the cement render on the house. These hairline cracks are terrible for letting rainwater in and then trapping it in the structure. Hairline cracks are …
Cracks removed and new unconventional render applied Read more »
Recently I had a query from a commercial company who had been having trouble with people putting in claims against them for injuries caused by slipping. So after a bit of research I found that slip resistance has a scale. …
