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by Chippe999
Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:41 pm
Forum: Carpentry and Joinery Forum
Topic: stair spindles
Replies: 3
Views: 29839

Hi there are different ways of doing this but the following way will work. The method revolves around knowing the horizontal distance between the lower and upper newel posts. Since the regulation of 100mm relates to a horizontal (parallel to the floor), not pitch (parallel to the rise of the stairs)...
by Chippe999
Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:55 pm
Forum: Insulation Forum
Topic: single skin wall
Replies: 1
Views: 10800

Hi, your idea sounds reasonable, perhaps youv'e already completed the job, but if you haven't, why not just have insulated plasterboard dabbed onto the external skin. This isn't the same as having a cavity and a second skin but even these may not achieve igloo comfort if your solid concrete floor is...
by Chippe999
Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:49 pm
Forum: Insulation Forum
Topic: Insulating walls on a weatherboarded house
Replies: 1
Views: 4297

Quick answer, no. longer answer, you could put insulated board on top of your existing plasterboard, but you would have to alter all your wall points, sockets etc. Tiresome!
by Chippe999
Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:43 pm
Forum: Insulation Forum
Topic: Moving a Loft Hatch....
Replies: 1
Views: 11290

re moving a loft hatch

Hi, since your post was late October, perhaps you already have an answer to your dilema. Or, have gone ahead regardless. Does it matter your cutting another joist? YES. In fact, if your joist turns out to be the bottom of a roof truss, then the situation is a lot more serious. Joists are structural ...
by Chippe999
Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:21 pm
Forum: Insulation Forum
Topic: Insulating under ceiling under large area of flat roof
Replies: 2
Views: 16676

re - insulating under a large flat roof/ceiling

Hi, First of all, is your flat roof a "warm", or "cold" flat roof? In other words, does the insulation lie on top of your ceiling in between your roof joists("cold"), or is it positioned on top of your roof boards (the ply boards that are placed on top of your roof jois...
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