Home DIY

I'd fill those holes with concrete / mortar.

One of my sheds is an old outside toilet structure (I think) - about 3ft wide, and has been re-roofed in recent years. The panel below the rafters has fallen down, but I'd like to hang bikes in there, so I'm thinking of hanging up some hooks from the rafters. Is there any reason the ceiling panel needs replacing, or can I just leave it off? Not particularly concerned about aesthetics, and it would be easier to place the hooks without it being there.

@Silly_Savage probably better to hang directly off the rafters as you can seen were they are to fix to

@lynx some modern pvc and metal windows have thermal break but generally doors and windows do not have thermal breaks why are you asking?

That's what I figured, I guess the board's just aesthetic, and to stop you poking through the membrane under the tiles, but I can't see that being a major risk.

Never knew pvcU or Upvc (or what ever they are know as) had a thermal break, thought the plastic was enough to thermally insulate from the outside to the inside. Older aluminium replacement double glazed windows and doors didn't have the break and used to have the condensation running down the inside of the frame. It is also a good way of dating the installation.

My town is known for making some of the better windows in the industry and nobody here makes one without a thermal break and serious insulation in the frame. Double glazing is the cheap and quick option, triple pane gas-filled with coatings that either draw or repel heat (depending on the application and direction faced) are what most go for these days.

Condensation on the inside of the frame is definitely a thing I've seen - maybe that's a sign these don't have a break in them.

Is there a forum approved builder who works in Brixton? I need a new lintel to enlarge a window. Ta.

A question: i've never been in a Wickes. Are they like a real normal shop? i.e. I can walk around and touch things or is it like argos where there are things but they're in storage and you order from a catalogue?

You can touch everything, except the staff and other customers.

That's me out then.

To be fair, you can touch anything you like if you're brave / quick enough.

you can touch anything you like if you're brave

He's a lucky bastard.

If there's a Toolstation in the Wickes, and it has what you need, go there instead because it's cheaper. You don't need to touch anyone and you get a free hot drink. That, like Screwfix and Argos, is a catalogue place though.

You can pick up some Eastern European workers for cash in hand jobs too if you go to the Tottenham one*.

*I have never done this and wouldn't.

You still can't touch them though.

I want to touch and feel doors. Internal doors. And hanging door mechs. And stroke door handles.
And look at skirting.

And look at skirting.

Reported.

Skirting.
Not flange.

Seriously though. Flange. Who ACTUALLY uses that word, in a colloquial sense?

The building I used to work in was called Bridas House. It was named after the Oil and Gas Exploration company that first occupied the building.

Bridas is Spanish for "flanges".

#cfsb

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Ta for all the pointers. The plan at this stage is to spend the first month or so at our flat while the tenancy runs out while working all day at the new house gutting it room by room. May post a few pics for you to laugh at assuming we complete OK. (Presumably after exchange not a lot can go wrong if we have the cash already?) Don't answer that.