Home DIY

Different ways to add more insulation between the rafters.

I just built fitted wardrobes using http://www.diyhomefit.co.uk

They came out well. Carcasses and doors were £1900 for 2 wardrobes and a chest of drawers, soft close everything.

Does anyone want any laminate flooring?
We replaced the floor we had. 16m2 room.
Free. Dark brown. Is currently outside n my back garden....

This is not sensible. You need a structural engineer.

Fibre-glass insulation shouldn't be difficult to compress up to 10-15% of it's thickness. You should have someone calculate the weight your joists will handle based on their span but it's not unreasonable to expect them to be weight bearing to a similar extent as your floor joists if they are 140mm deep.

It is unreasonable to expect that, the roof joists do not have the same loading as floor joists.

Don't compress insulation, it's the trapped air which limits the movement of heat.

brah any pics? What are the dimensions? easy/hard to fit?

I'll take one tonight for you. It was pretty easy for me but I've done a bit of carpentry before and I'm quite methodically minded.

If you can build a bike from parts then you can do this.

I had a quick look at the site; looks good. Need to look a little more at how it all builds together (what you need to order etc).

What was the delivery time like?

sounds good! I was going to go Ikea Algot (or any other modular shelving solution) and doors front of it ..

The stuff I got uses only 18mm mdf so it's sturdy as a mofo. It makes a big difference.

I'm interested, if they are a different dimension or because of some other factor?

according to BS6399-1:1996 Loading for buildings

loadings to be:

Roof
Dead Load 0.85 kN/m²
Imposed Load 0.85 kN/m²

Ceiling
Dead Load 0.25 kN/m²
Imposed Load 0.25 kN/m²

Floor
Dead Load 0.50 kN/m²
Imposed Load 1.50 kN/m²

Walls
Partitions 0.50 kN/m²
Blockwork (100) 1.80 kN/m²
Brickwork (112.5) 2.50 kN/m²

example here

Out.

Agreed

My house more than likely predates BS anything, but I am well aware that ceiling joists have a much smaller design load to support than floor joists. Professional advice is probably necessary, rather than all youse internet experts! :P

The weight of the roof, a floor doesn't have that.

What do you understand from that?

That is a genuine question by the way.

And insurance indemnity if he is wrong.

I'll have to check my professional indemnity for internet advises! But seriously my answer was based around you should have it checked out.

On the other hand it could be this building is much older than the minimum spec builds we have going on today, so sticking some osb t&g in there and screwing it to the joists then loading it with possessions you don't need around has been going on for decades. In fact a lot of people load them up with just a few boards around creating a concentrated load without a huge problem.

Thanks for the BS information and I was wrong on the difference in size being negligible in that case.

There are some brilliant horror/WTF things I have seen in lofts. Should see what happens when roof tiles are replaced from slate to concrete tiles. That extra weight does some odd things to the roof trusses.

Also look at the building is either brick or timber framed.

I tend to make assumptions based on victorian terraces. We have a lot of terraced houses locally that had the roof tiles replaced with concrete tiles and they do sag, most people are not interested as they're too busy trying to pay the mortgage.

Square white bathroom tiles, the super basic type, anyone know of anywhere to get some nice ones? I'll pop over to the usuals but wondering if there is a place that does a really nice finish on them?

Super basic is not going to be a really nice finish usually. If you want square white bathroom tiles it's usually because you don't want to spend money on them. Criterion tiles do a China clay satin white in 30x30 for £30 psqm. Not sure why you would want to do that though. Probably Porcelanosa do some too. Topps tiles seem to do some fancy white tiles and the have a "special" store in Wandsworth Bridge Road for customers who won't go to a shed outlet.