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  1. We had a velux put in the attic last year and are having another put in next week. What is the 'egress' requirement? perhaps our builder will know but it would be handy for me to be pre-armed with the knowledge.
  2. As far as I am aware, I won't need to apply for building ergs approval because I am renovating the attic by ripping everything out, re-insulating and making it more habitable. it was already a room that was converted many years ago by a previous occupant so i believe I should be OK, unless anyone knows different. The only main difference is that i will be having an ensuite and shower installed.
  3. Thanks, that is great advice. I will stay with the 50mm kingpin board so there will actually be about 45mm airspace between the insulation and the slates. I have looked at insulated plasterboard with reflective coating and seems like a good idea swell. Thanks a lot.
  4. Thanks guys, So that means that if I pin another 25mm of wood onto the joists, I can actually insert 75mm Kingspan board to make it equivalent to 150mm rock wool which should then comply with building regs/energy saving etc. I know it will be more work and more expense but probably worth it. Am i making unnecessary work and expense for myself or would this be a good idea? I am no DIY fan but learning quickly. Cheers
  5. I am renovating our attic bedroom in our terraced house and have taken out all of the plasterboard to reveal the slates and 75mm deep joists where i am considering putting kingpin Kooltherm K7 insulated board. As the depth of the beams is only 75mm, I believe I need to leave about 50mm clearance between the board and the bare slates where there are battons about 20mm thick. Should I simply put in 50mm Kingspan or add extra wood to the beams (say 25mm) and insert 75mm Kingspan boards. I keep seeing conflicting information about this but is 50mm kingpin board equivalent to 100mm rock wall? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
  6. Thanks guys, There is a small damp patch in the corner of the kitchen by the door – no problem with guttering or door seals but is about 25cm high by about 20cm wide. It is not damp any more but used to be a site of condensation. Immediately outside this area in the alleyway, there are a few bricks with white mould on them. Another small patch is about 1 metre from the ground and is two circles of about 5cm diameter. Again, not actually wet to the touch but there are bricks immediately behind in the alleyway that have white mould. i will try thr spary-on damp proof stuff and an oil based paint as an undercoat. I was just worried that any water-based emulsion over the top of the undercoat would bring through the damp patch.
  7. I need to ask about covering previous damp patches with paint. We have a couple of patches that were once prone to condensation and where new plaster is not drying properly in our new kitchen – they are not wet, just more unsightly due to condensation point. I need to point out that the unsightly patches seem to be not a result from lots of penetrating damp. I have read about Polycell damp sealer paint and it seems that this can be applied to dampish areas before applying an emulsion layer – any other suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Then I have read stories that some emulsion paints can show up the stained areas quite badly but others don't and it seems it comes down to the type of paint (silk, matt), whether it is water-based or oil-based and the manufacturer (we will go for quality, not cheap). it is also for use in the kitchen so obviously there will be steam and moisture in the air. Can anyone advise on what sort of pain and/or undercoat we will need. one further minor problem is that my wife is quite particular about the colour of the finished walls but I guess we could get colours mixed anyway. I have just noticed some fine white mould on the exterior wall in the alleyway and now wondering if this has anything to do with the unsightly areas inside – they do seem to mostly be in the same place yet others have no sign inside.
  8. Thanks HandyPandy, You could be right there. The damp patch is shrinking very slowly and i would imagine that at this rate it would be about 6 weeks to completely dry. We are running a dehumidifier every night which is collecting about 2 litres per night so there must still be lots of moisture in the air probably due to years of putting wet clothes on radiators and not opening windows. Regarding salts, i wipe off a little salt every day around the area of the offending patch. The patch is not wet to the touch, just dark and it does attract condensation if the heating and cooker is on with no ventilation. Perhaps it is just still drying out but I will try some oil-based paint first before decorating. Thanks again.
  9. Opening the cellar is a good idea – we usually keep everything air tight which is good for keeping us warm but not good for circulating air around the house but this is something I am now learning. Thinking about it, I'm sure our cellar air brick was also blocked in by the previous owner so I guess I should re-instate this (cellar is under living room). Expelair unit also sounds like a good idea, thanks for that.
  10. Thanks, that has eased my mind a bit – things could still be drying out but just very slowly. The worst affect area is actually the patch in the kitchen by the door but this is about 30 cm in height and immediately above the skirting – this is where the old problem was but this time just smaller patch. I am assuming that if this is rising damp it would happen some time after the plaster has had time to dry but after three weeks this bit is still drying (I think). Just coincidentally where the old problem was. The other smaller patch about a metre up the wall is in the adjoining living room and is only small – about 3cm diameter x 2 of them but in exactly the same place as before yet the plaster was definitely stripped and dressed with sand/cement mix.
  11. Hi, It was builder that did this for us but is on hols at moment so I wanted to investigate what I could just in case it is me being daft. I remember coming home when it was first done and sure it was a sand and cement render (very gritty and there is bag of sand still in back garden), left to dry for a few days then skimmed with normal plaster.
  12. I know that damp has been discussed before on this forum but I can't seem to find the right answer. I wonder if anyone could offer any advice on damp or condensation – I realise the two are different but not sure which we have got, perhaps both. We live in a mid-terrace with an alleyway adjoining two of the terraces. About a month ago we had a new kitchen put in and at the same time we had the plaster taken off right back to the bricks from the floor up to apron 1 metre as there has always been a damp patch in the corner near the door. When I say a damp patch, the area was physically wet when we have heating on so I assume this is from condensation but most of the time it was just an unsightly darker colour than the rest of the paint on that wall. however, over the past year it has grown slightly. No mould has ever been present. After taking the paster off, it was re-plastered about three weeks ago and all dried out well except for a patch by the door about 30cm high which is still dark plaster. Also at this time, on cold day we had the heating on full plus doing a lot of cooking and this patch was then wet, again assuming condensation. We have been running a dehumidifier every night now for seven nights and have collected 1-2 litres of water in each overnight session from the kitchen. the patch is now still dark but not shrinking. Under the floor we discovered that there was some damp carpet due to a leaking radiator (or at least we think this) but now thinking it could be underground damp. The outside wall doesn't look too bad and the guttering seems OK. We are prone to shutting ourselves in during the winter without opening any windows and have always dried clothes on the radiators during winter but now we have a washer drier and have started opening windows more often. Other points: there is a slight damp patch in our living room. The plaster here was stripped back to the wall and re-plastered. originally it was two patches about 1 metre up and has now come back through the new plaster in exactly the same place. The bricks out in the alleyway (next to these offending walls) seem fine. I am baffled – can anyone suggest a cause or solution? Is there some sort of paint that can be painted internally or externally? Should I keep the humidifier going a bit longer? We are ready to decorate our new kitchen but don't want to do the wrong thing. Thanks anyone.
  13. Try Brewmart – there is one next to the Abbey pub where Abbey Lane meets Chesterfield Road in Woodseats.
  14. Do you have a car? if so, try something out of town – somewhere a bit more cosy like Ye Olde Mustard Pot at Midhopestones or the Strines Inn or somewhere out into Derbyshire – away from the hoards of xmas party-goers.
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