Ferdinand

If you were not converting, you may be able to get traditional loft insulation done for free. If you are converting to habitable space then I would try and do it on the slope. The best way would probably be from the outside if and when you replace the roof. If non habitable space, then round the room may be easier. In any case except my first para it may be worth using scaffold and going in that way.

Miaow. ? it Is possible that I am a refugee from Red Dwarf, but presumably in the current culture cats are only allowed to be played by actors who self-identify as felines.

You are right.Poundland just had a close call.

The mountain has laboured and I provisionally ordered my molehill. Left it alone for a few weeks and came back to the issue when clear of clutter at the end of the quarter. I have gone for a Skoda Superb Estate 150bhp TDI SE Executive with 2WD or te 190bhp version with 4wd. Either will give me loadsaloadspace, 50mpg ish and 2 tonnes of towing, which will do the basic things well. I think it will be the 4wd version as It would niggle for years if I had turned out to need it and not bothered. And I also get some really useful stuff - fold flat passenger seat and a nice system of Velcro load retainers. It turns out that with the appropriate software there are various features that can be turned on electronically, as for a lot of cars these days. The interior colours are delightfully Germanic ... beige or black. You can get them in orange or bright greens and reds in places like the Czech Republic, but here it is mainly business so very sober. One question for the hub. Has anyone been able to get 4 season tyres fitted at the outset; this will come with summer tyres which would be Pirelli P0s or P7s, and I want something like Cross Climates. How did you work that if the OEM tyres are summer tyres? All season tyres are advertised, but on these cars I am aware that this is a translation confusion due to slightly different terminology, so I will do this aspect myself, and I do not want to end up with about £500-600 of Pirelli tyres sitting in my garage that I have to fire-sale on EBay. I would happil6 Trade th3m away for 60% of the best open market new price to a local tyre fitter for stock, but will need to wait until a 3-4 weeks before delivery to discuss that. Ferdinand

Presumably now reduced to 50p since Poundland have gone not gone bust . (Edit .. that was, apparently, Poundworld)

Good to see a plan :-). If you are doing crawl-space buggering-about it could be worth having a couple of things around: Mirror on a stick. Perhaps selfie-stick for piccies. The former is about £5 from Amazon or EBay. I don’t know about the selfie schtick since I have been staging a personal war on selfies for a decade or two. F

I don’t think we were told about the bubblegum. Could you not have the bubblegum suck to your drill and the screws stuck to the bubblegum? Who needs magnets...

What are your tastes? Cross-stich panels would work well. Or what about rough cork tiles as notice boards? Or furry carpet for that 70s look?

Can you get a regularisation certificate from a Private BCO?

They tend to leave the archives on Zoopla etc. If you go through the Prices options to your street the details will probably be linked from there.

I’m with @MikeSharp01 on this. For me screws in the mouth are an “ew” concept. I imagine falling over then having to have screws put back in to hold my teeth or jawbone together. If I still have my teeth I do not care how much longer it takes. F

If you do not intend to sell it as habitable space, then it will surely (?) not be very important if he declares it to be habitable space. If he declares it not to be so, you are either exactly where you are now, or know what you need to do to make it habitable. Otoh is it is habitable, then won’t your house be worth more? As a buyer, I would be looking for something where I knew the proven status, or making the worst assumption should you not be able to tell me. One way could be to ask a loft conversion company to quote for making it into bedroom x+1 . F

@nod has it. It is not about who does it; it is about making sure that an experienced person does. You want a working wet room not a learning experience. As to how you check that ... did you for example talk to previous customers who you can call back to ask about ishoos 2 years later? In all likelihood it will be OK. Could you start a conversation about how he has done it before, in your concern to find the right kit?

16mm is probably the thickness of the 2 layer stuff, so you may be in luck and have two lots of tube in one sheet. The single layer stuff is normally 10mm for polycarbonate if that is what this is. F

Perhaps there is a separate half way point for te sweat investment. 80:20 for money spent ‘cos it was the big stuff. 20:80 for sweat ‘cos it is a self-fitout ! (Ignoring the contingency money which will inevitably go on posher finishes than planned if not needed so far to cover roots, newts or suits etc.) F

I think I would want to compare them with other similar products rather than the 11mm multipanels ... for those the popularity is based on the plywood not mdf as used by other competitors core, and the aqualock joints, and long experience. The simulated tiled ones seem to be 3mm thick made of plastic of some sort and are therefore a different animal. The good reputation of the others says they are likely to be good, but would not convince me to take a flier without a recommendation. But I am conservative on such things. F

Thanks. It seems that EBay are also offering 3% cashback via QuidCo today. F

Decision made. I am going for the Seek Thermal Compact IOS (ie Apple) version to match my iPAD. The best price I have found is £210 delivered via Amazon Prime. Does anyone happen to know of any offers, codes etc? Cheers Ferdinand

My normal approach to these is to build them out of OSB or anything else around, precut them and install across the joists above the first layer of insulation, the; put the next layer on top to be removable, and put a notice by the loft hatch. And drill the arrangement into tradesmen quite firmly. But that keeps the heat loss down. Yes to screws. F

I think as per usual, if you wait and swoop you will get what you want. I picked up lovely bath mixer taps at Wickes for about 2/3 off, and then there was whoever that got that bath suite at Buildbase at (was it?) 85% off. I picked it up through Pickfords Ebay site, which is one of those linked in my other post - I think it is called plumbtek or similar.

The most recent bathroom I had is detailed here Of the suppliers I dealt with Cheeky Bathrooms from Chester for the shower bath and screen, and JT Pickford of Rotherham for the modernist shower taps, Wickes for various heavily discounted bits such as loo, basin and bath taps, and Kitchen Warehouse for the Multipanels. I was happy with all of those, the quality and the prices, and in the past have been successful with showers and screens off eBay. But it is always hard work sweating the detail.for a good result, and someone - you or your installer - has to be the detail hawk and make sure it is all sourced and fits. F

Thanks all. I think I will be going for the Seek Or Seek standalone.

Usially the bottom layer would be the depth of the joists, say 100mm in an old house, then the next would be At right angles, say 170mm in an old house. That gives 270mm which is approx the recommended optimum. Self Builders will do what we want. Shorts LOL. Well at least it wasn’t a bikini.

Thanks. Will remove the several flower arrangements and take a look later.

I do not think mine can do that. They have this sort of mechanism: https://www.velux.co.uk/products/roof-windows/centre-pivot So if I shut them revers d the opening bar is on the outside. They can be held that way but not fixed.