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Through a grant scheme nod? In Northern Ireland peter

Hi guys, My parents house had the cavities filled about 20/25 years ago. Would the insulation lose it density over that period and would it be worth while having someone look with the possibility of ‘topping it up’ as such? thank you

I found this part the most exciting when the frame was starting, take plenty of pics, I spent hours at night walking around in the dark looking at ‘things’.

? I remember my dads friend getting it put in, my dad told him he was mad in the head, he proceeded, my dad got a phone call one snowy day to say his mate had got out of drive no issues at all, but the road had 8 inches of snow so he had to reverse back and park up ?

Hi guys, I have some queries being well answered in another post and thought I would expand on the issue relating to the boiler and the include the AGA cooker. My parents house, approx 50 years old, is in need of a bit of repair and re-jigging. The current condensing boiler is located in the garage approx 50m from the house, the pipes run from the garage to the house, when it’s frosty or there is snow on the ground there is a path melted where the heating pipes are located below the surface. The pipes where to be lagged before the driveway at the back was asphalted but this never happened, digging and lagging pipes won’t be an option. They currently have an Nobel cooker (version of AGA cooker) which heats the hot water to about 3000 degrees. Seriously hot, scald marks to prove. Q1:- is it possible to move the boiler to an external wall at house and connect into the closest radiator, thus decreasing heat loss from the garage to house? Q2:- the current cooker heats the hot water, great when 5 adults in the house but now with 2 no need for large quantity of water, could the system be setup to dump excess hot water into heating system? Q3:- cooker may be replaced soon, should they loook at one that gives heating to and go away with boiler. The cooker runs 24/7 363 days (turned off 2 days for servicing) Any other suggestions would be welcomed. thanks guys

72 years young ? He is good with gadgets, has some strange ones for golf which I can’t even work. He fitted the controls on the boiler no problem a year back, has looked at Hive and likes the idea of being able to control heating if out etc

Yup, asphalted over about 10 years ago and forgotten about. It’s something I need to go over next year but we have managed to get them to complete new kitchen, insulation to roof spaces, new bay window with double glazing and new front door (old one had 10mm gaps daylight passed through). My my dad used to give off about burning £1,500 of oil every quarter and we thought nothing of it, now it horrifies me that it would cost them that to keep warm, both retired now so a lot more time spent in the house. Anyhow, the main query on this was with regard to the controller for the heating from house, i’m Going to show my dad the easyswitch, but also like the idea by Peter with regard to the power line adapters for the WiFi extension, that would work a treat then use the Hive system which my dad thinks ‘looks good to him’

Thanks guys, will look into this on/off. Yes, pipes run back to house, it’s good in winter as snow gets cleared giving a nice clear path to garage from house. They where to be lagged before driveway asphalted but never happened. Whole system needs an overhaul but not on the to do list yet

A control panel on the wall beside boiler, on/off, timer functions just. I don’t particularly want my father leaving the house over the winter to have to turn on/off manually. They have no thermostat in house at all, just go by what they feel. System needs overhaul but for now would like to start with control in house

With Airfibre guys, good service if you can get a signal. We got a repeater site setup so 1 main signal split between 3 houses, works well. A grant was also available for hardware, better broadband scheme I think it was, not sure if it’s ended yet or not

Hi guys, My fathers boiler is in their detached garage which is approx 50m from the house. Currently they have the boiler on timer but if it’s to warm in house a trip to the garage to turn heating off and vice versa if to cold in house. Having looked over some of the Hive controls they work on WiFi connection to control. My fathers WiFi won’t reach as far as the garage. Apart from extending the WiFi signal and going for a Hive controller could anyone suggest a different controller, working on radio frequency for instance that I should look at? thanks in advance

Thanks guys, The chunks are about 100mm, really untidy job but wasn't something I was going to kick off about as the builders did a really good job everywhere else. The sika is a repair cement, I'll have to shutter and re-do. As the car drives over it I don't want it breaking off so not sure if I will need to key the existing so that it bonds correctly. New-crete looks like what I am after, thanks on/off

Hi guys, Hopefully a simple one, when the guys poured our garage floor they shuttered a step at garage doors that the garage doors sit down into, approx 30mm lower than the finished garage floor. When they took the shuttering off it broke chunks out of the clean edge and there is gaps below the door when it is closed. We got storm proof doors so they are are not fully sealed. There was mice got in last winter and this year I want to ensure these gaps are filled, you can also really feel a draft when closed. Do I use set concrete and sand mix and re-shutter and fill gaps? Or do I use like a Sika repair motar? Thanks in advance

Thanks Moira, Looks closer to the colour we are after, we have White rendered house so the greyness isn’t contrasting well enough. Did you do any prep work, like sanding? Was it greying before you stained?

We’re with Airfibre, good job and prompt install and issues resolved

Hi guys, We has cedar cladding fitted around an overhang to the front elevation of our house. As usual painting / staining / oiling was put to the side due to other items needing finished. It’s now turning grey and to light for our liking. Has anyone any experience in sanding and staining or suggestions on how to bring it back to life? Thanks in advance folks

Since my first post I have put up mice traps covered in strawberry sauce from the inside of a quality street and some in peanut butter. I have also put some Big Cheese sticky stuff on some cardboard strategically placed around the roof space.....nothing caught yet but still at night we hear them scratching and moving around. It may be time to call in the experts.

Thanks for the replies folks. I will have to carry out an investigation this evening.....I get the heebbie jeebbies thinking about it I noticed at lunch the builders drilled holes for the vents approx 30cm off the ground and a few are loosely fitted with gaps leading into the cavity. I would rather traps than poison, at least I can discard of them if they are caught. We have smooth K rend, so the only way in that I would see would be the vent holes. My wife has an idea that they could have been in one of the bags of cellulose insulation and got out when the builders opened the bags in roofspace.

Hi All, We have only moved into our new build in June and over the holiday period we have noticed alot of scratching and tiny feet running about the roofspace. Its a 2 storey timber frame house and I am totally confused about how they have got in. I can't see any where internally that they would be getting into the actual house. I would assume the air tight membrane would be keeping them out so far, until they chew through it. Having read up about mice they like warmth and nest in insulation. We have cellulose insulation in the roofspace so they are probably in their element. I assume as its new build and as mentioned above we moved in in June, we would be able to speak to the builder about carrying out inspection of cabling etc as mice seem to like chewing through them, last thing I want is an issue so early with the house.

What exactly is white colour enhancer?

I've already told the wife 20 different reasons why its a different colour. I don;t know what painting it will look like and even how to get a RAL off K-rend for colour.

I've made a boo boo. I have got the plasterer to render the patio wall in K-Rend Polar White when the house is K-Rend White. Its been on now for approx 6 weeks and is yellow compared to the house. I've just realised today what I have done as when the White went on it was cream for quite a few weeks before it dried out nicely. Anyone any ideas on what I can do, apart from applying the correct render over the top?

Ryan, we got a huawei b315 router with a 50gb pay monthly sim with Vodafone. Really good job, only down side is that internet is that fast it eats data, we haven't even wired up sky to it yet and use the full allowance each month. Range and service are both excellent but we have to keep it at a window at the front of the house to get the network service. I still want to pull our BT line up and get it wired up also, but currently pleased with the 4g router.

Yes, double checked this when the guys where fitting ducts. Will have a go at it one of these weekends. On another note, we have to get our level access to doors for building control. Does anyone know if me putting down sand and a few flags would suffice as a temporary measure as the paving won't be completed properly for at least another 3 months

Did BT pull cable for you Declan? Our ducts are in and the 2 rolls of cable are lying in the garage