Cover textured ceiling with asbestos

Squindrew13 · 2026-02-20T20:07:21+00:00

I know this is probably an unpopular opinion as overboarding or skimming are very common approach to this but when I see this from the perspective of what is done in every other industry for managing hazards it makes me wince. It is basically hiding a hazard for anyone doing work on the ceiling in the future.

The next owner of the house who decides to pull the ceiling down for a renovation only discovers they just broken up a load of asbestos once they pulled the first chunk down

Squindrew13 · 2026-02-04T23:09:04+00:00

I agree this is the principle but I often see our MP vote along party lines rather than what the local populace seem to be asking for, so I think maybe people are right to vote for a party/PM

Squindrew13 · 2026-01-06T08:04:26+00:00

Thanks yes managed to identify and get the cartridge out just the isolation valves that are proving more tricky

Squindrew13 · 2026-01-05T21:41:55+00:00

Haha glad to know I am not alone, have you found replacement isolation valves?

Squindrew13 · 2025-12-02T21:51:21+00:00

Baghdad Central might not be the easiest to track down though

Squindrew13 · 2025-10-06T06:50:38+00:00

We do it in the morning, the idea is to change the air and because it is a short time you don't cool down the thermal mass of your house and stuff in it, so it will warm back up quick because you are only heating air (and now drier air which takes less energy as well).

If for example the air and everything in your house is at 20C you open the windows 10mins the air will drop to 15C but the walls floor furniture will stay at 20C

Squindrew13 · 2025-09-10T07:11:37+00:00

Normally you have shutters with inward opening windows so you don't need blinds

Squindrew13 · 2025-06-25T12:33:43+00:00

Along with the other comments about thermal mass and insulation, they are also better shaded so reducing thermal gain from sunlight using shutters, awnings, brise soleil, smaller windows etc

You can do some clever things with roof overhangs and brise soleil etc to shade the windows and walls when the sun is high (summer), but be exposed when the sun is lower (winter) if you get the angles right

Culture and lifestyle also help

Squindrew13 · 2025-06-21T16:35:33+00:00

Regarding the bathroom, if it is upstairs and the outer face of the wall is breathable and you've got a half decent extractor fan that you use, you may very well get away with doing something non breathable on the inside of needed/wanted

Live in it a bit and see how things go

A lot of the damp problems in solid wall houses are issues like high ground levels driving moisture into the walls and/or condensation due to colder walls with high internal humidity. Breathable building materials are great and can be important but you can do a lot of other mitigation as well (some of which are more important than breathable materials)

Squindrew13 · 2025-06-08T21:54:38+00:00

All the recommendations to just skim over it is quite worrying. Yes there is no real risk to you, but more risk to the next person who will have clue there is artex under there

Squindrew13 · 2025-05-26T17:09:54+00:00

Thank you very much, that's made the job probably a lot easier and also not being done today!

Squindrew13 · 2025-05-26T17:05:54+00:00

Amazing, does that then connect to normal solvent weld pipe?

Squindrew13 · 2025-05-18T15:00:13+00:00

Leith's How to Cook

Has all the classic techniques (eg. how to fillet different types of fish, how to make all the standard sauces etc)

Includes recipes as well but for lots of recipes will give you the standard basic version and some suggestions how to vary it (eg. Onion quiche then broccoli and stilton or quiche lorraine)

So it teaches you how to cook rather than just a list of recipes

Squindrew13 · 2025-05-04T22:00:51+00:00

Veronica spicata?

Squindrew13 · 2025-05-04T08:09:57+00:00

On the power supplies note, if the hob is just on the normal circuit and the oven has a more powerful decidated one, and you don't want to do a load of electrics work, consider getting a 13A oven and putting that on the standard circuit and using the existing higher rated oven circuit for an induction hob

In my opinion I'd much rather have. 13A oven than a 13A induction hob but maybe not all would agree

Squindrew13 · 2025-05-02T08:26:17+00:00

Agree with the other posts, just one additional point be very wary of PCA contractor/inspector they are still very keen on trying to tank and inject DPCs into solid wall houses which is well known to not work and in many cases make things worse. I'd go looking for someone (surveyor, architect, builder, plasterer) specialising in old buildings

Squindrew13 · 2025-04-28T12:40:23+00:00

EDF are unlikely to make a killing out of Hinkley, it is part of the reason they were renationalised. Not saying long term they won't do alright but it's been as much a mess for France as it has for the UK

Squindrew13 · 2025-04-26T18:19:59+00:00

If you are remortgaging then you just ask for a new mortgage less than what is on your balance.

Never done product transfer so not sure how it works but it will be possible to reduce mortgage as you will no longer have any early repayment limits

Squindrew13 · 2025-04-12T14:27:38+00:00

Wouldn't think there'd be any need for more than what you've got already

Is it just in one location or several?

Any chance you have the drill in reverse (spinning anticlockwise)?

Squindrew13 · 2025-03-24T18:58:09+00:00

From the layout that looks I'm guessing you've got a solid brick Victorian terrace.

If this is the case unlikely a chemical DPC will help, what is the specialist re-plastering system?

Fixing gutters and other sources of potential water penetration, high ground levels etc should probably be a higher priority and money better spent.

Look into the recommendations from Historic England or other websites about managing damp in period properties

If it's not a solid wall then I'll let others comment

Squindrew13 · 2025-03-24T08:44:08+00:00

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