I would just like to say

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Exactly right. Dottir's cavity insulation is I believe, blown-in wool type which was popular a few years ago. And can end up as a wet sludge at the bottom of the cavity because it can't breathe.
You need that kinda **** installed so you can draw down free money from .gov for solar, heat source, insulation grants :rolleyes:
 
When the tap was running, the cold feed into the header tank would flow over the corner, the tank is bowed & lower at one
end. no matter how much I ran all the taps did the water level go lower in the header no water came in through the ball valve ??
it over flowed. Looks like a cold feed from the lower opposite side from the ball valve. ?? Im no plumber so I dont know how
this all works. We have a back boiler system runs off solid fuel.
Could that be a expansion going in from your back boiler would also explain the deformation of the tank with the verry hot water ? Sounds like back pressure I'm no plumber either just years running building projects and watching and ass kicking 😕😕
 
Was putting new ceilings up in the dottir's house earlier this year, found exactly the same thing. British Gas certificate for the loft insulation pinned to a roof joist, plenty of insulation over the general area but none in the eaves. Radiator heat would have been going straight out through the ceiling at the eaves. Had to put a load more insulation in.
Haven't seen one done correct yet and I've seen a few😕😕
 
No you can not stand up, we were having a chat earlier about lowering the ceiling & putting a dorma round the back of the roof.
She's told me that one of our neebs houses might be coming up for sale in the new year & I said if it ever came up for sale id like
to buy it. Its been in the same family as far back as I can find, needs ripped apart....only got a coal fire which is open. single glazed
sash n case windows & the interior would do well on antiques road show 🤣 Its been empty for over a year cause the old lady
is now in a home. She would have got back home but didnt want carers in the house so shes been papped into a nursing home.
Would you be looking to move in there, or do it up and flip it?
 
Really why not just do them properly :mad::mad:
I did wonder why top off the roof was frosty & the lower wasnt, I knew I was loosing some heat no wonder.
There must be thousands of homes done the same way. Boils my blood that does.
I once owned a "chalet style" semi. the loft insulation was a total joke, the water tank was in fact two tanks either side of the loft hatch so to get through to the rest of the roof all I had was two small triangular holes. I got the council to pay for insulation via a grant so it was fibreglass rolls which I had to somehow shove through these triangles then squeeze myself through.
Being "chalet style" there were flat roofs over the dormer style windows with no way of insulating them unless I made a tool. so I made a thing like a rake with nails sticking out to stick in the insulation and push it out into the thin space above the dormers. It sort of worked but obviously still wasn't very thick.
At one point scrambling through the triangle for the umpteenth time, itching like heck with the fibreglass I got a bit upset and wriggled too hard, busting the ceiling on the triangle, so "making good " had to take place.
No fun at all so I massively symapthise with you, mate!:(:(:(
 
In France do thay have openings in the gables ends to air dry hams and salami never noticed when driving through?
Now you are asking!! I have no idea and never looked!!
I would imagine, tbh that they'd air dry stuff in the capacious basement that so many of them have. but I'll do a bit of research.
Great question!
Right!
a "tuyé" is what was often used, but that produces smoked hams and sausages.
Air dried is apparently coated in salt first then put in a "saloir" which is either a wooden box or a glazed earthenware pot
 
When the tap was running, the cold feed into the header tank would flow over the corner, the tank is bowed & lower at one
end. no matter how much I ran all the taps did the water level go lower in the header no water came in through the ball valve ??
it over flowed. Looks like a cold feed from the lower opposite side from the ball valve. ?? Im no plumber so I dont know how
this all works. We have a back boiler system runs off solid fuel.

hiya

I wonder if the coil is split in the hot water cyl , as that will cause water to raise on the header tank if the main tank is higher than the header tank

or in other instances if a header tank vent pipe is overflowing that will be a cold feed blockage where it enters the system , due to when hot and cold mix it causes a restriction

indeed ref the smaller tank , or known as a F and E tank, ie feed and expansion tank will be for the heating

hope that’s what ur saying and makes sense , lol
 
I once owned a "chalet style" semi. the loft insulation was a total joke, the water tank was in fact two tanks either side of the loft hatch so to get through to the rest of the roof all I had was two small triangular holes. I got the council to pay for insulation via a grant so it was fibreglass rolls which I had to somehow shove through these triangles then squeeze myself through.
Being "chalet style" there were flat roofs over the dormer style windows with no way of insulating them unless I made a tool. so I made a thing like a rake with nails sticking out to stick in the insulation and push it out into the thin space above the dormers. It sort of worked but obviously still wasn't very thick.
At one point scrambling through the triangle for the umpteenth time, itching like heck with the fibreglass I got a bit upset and wriggled too hard, busting the ceiling on the triangle, so "making good " had to take place.
No fun at all so I massively symapthise with you, mate!:(:(:(

hiya

really feel for u mate as indeed horrible job when the loft is blocked with 2 x tanks and a nightmare to insulate the loft due to lake of access

useto hate doing fiberglass particularly in the summer and going home itching like hell , when I fitted tanks would always specify the coffin cold water tanks, would pre insulate them making life a lot easier

indeed also useto see many cold water tanks have insulation underneath them, end up in a mess trying to pull all of it out underneath , then getting the bylaw 30 x screen kits fitted in 100 plus degrees , coming out the loft for a breather
 
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