Victorian renovation build log

the_r_sole · 16 Jul 2017 at 16:08

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

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...

rexehuk · 16 Jul 2017 at 16:23

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

the_r_sole · 16 Jul 2017 at 16:43

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

It's definitely cheaper but has a much greater heat loss (so you need an awful lot more of it to have equivalent performance)

eviled · 16 Jul 2017 at 17:08

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

eviled · 17 Jul 2017 at 19:31

boarding talking place

bathroom space stud wall

eviled · 17 Jul 2017 at 19:32

roofing starts tomorrow!

eviled · 19 Jul 2017 at 16:51

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

oh and have insisted on 150mm PIR insulation

Martynt74 · 19 Jul 2017 at 16:57

Thats an awesome looking house, have never seen a semi like that have a garage built in.

eviled · 20 Jul 2017 at 14:31

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

eviled · 20 Jul 2017 at 14:32

Marvt74 said:
Thats an awesome looking house, have never seen a semi like that have a garage built in.

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.

Martynt74 · 20 Jul 2017 at 14:36

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.

eviled · 21 Jul 2017 at 11:14

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

bedroom window framed

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

size of the bedroom window and the replacement I ordered

eviled · 24 Jul 2017 at 17:52

slow progress, but progress at least!

had a few leaks over the weekend with heavy rain!

eviled · 3 Aug 2017 at 13:29

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

Martynt74 · 4 Aug 2017 at 08:41

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)

eviled · 8 Aug 2017 at 22:18

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!

eviled · 18 Aug 2017 at 13:51

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

so while the scaffold was up decided to pack my chimney with Micafil insulation (between the old chimney and the liner)
this stuff...

made a spout in between the liner and stack and poured 100 litres of it in!

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)

eviled · 18 Aug 2017 at 14:00

Roof is done and we are 100% water tight! first time in 3 years!!!

back

front, with sun tunnel (moved)

eviled · 18 Aug 2017 at 14:01

and the bay that has already been re-felted twice

after £600+ of lead

eviled · 18 Aug 2017 at 14:04

and now the scaffold is down work is concentrated inside....

1 of the 4 new floors needed

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