Victorian renovation build log

eviled said:
joists are only 75mm so after leaving 50mm for ventilation could only put 25mm in.
This means it will have to be battened out regardless
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you'd be as well to just do everything below the joists rather than faffing about cutting sheets to go between them, iirc once you go past 100m the fixings are a bit of a pain to get right - but everything is doable, just get the builders told!
What's the difference in uvalue? would imagine it would be pretty significant, especially in an old roof...
 
Have you looked at rockwool vs kingspan?

Using it in my place and can't fault it, easy to work with and is fireproof, waterproof. I found it most cost effective than kingspan or celotex
 
rexehuk said:
Have you looked at rockwool vs kingspan?

Using it in my place and can't fault it, easy to work with and is fireproof, waterproof. I found it most cost effective than kingspan or celotex
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It's definitely cheaper but has a much greater heat loss (so you need an awful lot more of it to have equivalent performance)
 
indeed, you need roughly 300mm rockwool for the equivalent 150mm PIR insulation. Where I have a large roof void i have used 300mm rockwool. Rockwool has better sound deadening properties so will be used in the floors and internal walls

u-value with 150mm = 0.18 W/m²K

u value with 100m = 0.31 W/m²K
 
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boarding talking place

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bathroom space stud wall

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finally they have started on the roof...... just as its forecast thunder storms! :lol:
came home to this

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oh and have insisted on 150mm PIR insulation
 
all the roofing felt nearly on, they are starting to cut the velux frames in.

I've had a last minute change of mind and increased the size of one of the velux - much bigger

This will mean move both stud wall back to where the large purlins are (where they should have been to start with in my opinion)

windows are from roofingsuperstore and they were great with the exchange/return
 
Marvt74 said:
Thats an awesome looking house, have never seen a semi like that have a garage built in.
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thanks! For some reason the whole area is semis regardless of size, ours is one of the smaller ones!

the garage is the old basement dug out, done by the previous owners, needs a bit of work and the door is quite narrow but much better use of space.
 
God that must've been a ballache to dig out all the earth to create the driveway down to the garage door.

I really like that style of house, tend to get a lot in South Manchester like that and we've looked there in the past. It's weird how certain areas seem to be more likely to have cellars than others.
 
unfortunately they paved it with horrible concrete slabs, plan is to replace with granite sets and have a proper drain channel fitted at the bottom of the garage door..... but other priorities for time being

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bedroom window framed

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bathroom window framed - you can see the stud wall will have to be moved back

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size of the bedroom window and the replacement I ordered
 
well this has lost all momentum, no roofers for over a week, water leaking into every room, ceilings and original cornice starting to crumble and me and my 5 month pregnant wife intermittently sleeping on the sofa

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Oh no, thats a bugger, this rain has really been bad. My mother in law has a leak aswell and is the next job on the roofers list but they keep being delayed.

Must be great being a roofer in the UK, get loads of days off!

(Obviously ignoring how annoying it must actually be to be so dependent on the weather)
 
Roof finally on and weather tight!

scaffolded for 4 weeks for 7 days work (and not even full days)

Water damage to all the bedrooms in the meantime

And to cap it all off the suntunnel is about a metre from where it should be so will now go through the middle of the bedroom to the hall!

Useless, needless to say they aren't getting their final installment!
 
little update:

head builder cam round and sorted everything without me even asking, faith restored!

Its always an emotional roller-coaster getting big building work done :p


so while the scaffold was up decided to pack my chimney with Micafil insulation (between the old chimney and the liner)
this stuff...
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made a spout in between the liner and stack and poured 100 litres of it in!

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It started coming out in the living room so clearly the register plate was never sealed, explains the drafty front room :rolleyes:
(fire cement on order to fix this)
 
and now the scaffold is down work is concentrated inside....

1 of the 4 new floors needed

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and ready to be boarded after some insulation to hopefully cut down sound transmission downstairs and vice-versa
I useing the old loft insulation to save money, and used neoprene/foam joist tape

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