A friend of mine bought a relatively newly built house and I was helping him move some stuff into the loft. It was wet inside and we discovered his bathroom extractor fan was sucking straight into the loft space.
Hi Johnny,
it is going to be used as a garden room as opposed to a workshop so will have furniture, TV etc in. I was under the impression rightly or wrongly that it would be cooler in summer and warmer in winter once insulated. Is that not likely to be true?
Hi, no petulance here from me. I'm just trying to weigh up the different opinions and advice which seem to be complete opposites.
Hindsight is a marvellous thing and I obviously did not know what I have since been told about a number of things
the difference being that it's not going to be occupied anywhere near as often as our house.
I want to minimise any issues but also need to balance that with cost and fitting in with what is already there as I don't want to damage render that was quite expensive.
it won't be occupied overnight...
Can anyone shed (excuse the pun) any more light on my best course of action please? I will need to order the materials probably Tuesday latest to get it in time for my week off work as that's my only opportunity to get consecutive days working on it.
I need to order the gear prob Monday or Tuesday at the latest to get it for my window of holiday from work so I'm hoping I have a definite plan by then. It's definitely a minefield. Thanks for all of the info and points of view so far it's definitely helped me understand more about it.
I'm not comfortable with drilling into the render barring my only other part which is my gutter down pipe which will only be small holes. Can you please let me know what you need for calcs and I'll send you a pm when I can get the relevant info. If the render becomes damaged it WILL end in divorce 😖
I think I might be able to get away with 75 mm between rafters and 25 mm below rafters but will need to measure. Increase in cost is fairly small.
If I thought I could drill through the render and block successfully would several of these do?
Thank you. The reason for not venting low level is the building has just been parex rendered at a decent cost and I'd really not like to damage it. I need to see when I'm in from work as to whether I can put any insulation under the rafters as I'm not sure whether I will have the height once the...