In this episode we complete the existing kitchen work and put up the new utility wall in preparation to knock into the extension. We complete the insulation in the extension roof and show you how we do our spot light boxes.
we came across your channel a couple of weeks ago and we're enjoying going over some of your older videos especially the loft conversion series and your current series on the extension we specially like the detail you cover in each video and the time you spend explain what you're doing
I’m a carpenter (38years service) and I’ve found the only satisfactory way to fit led lights around the insulation is to counter batten the ceiling below, this creates a void that has full air circulation. I have found led downlights that are just 10mm thick, less than the plasterboard. This means you can fit them anywhere in the ceiling with good ventilation around and the insulation remains intact !
Another brilliant video its really coming on now , happy birthday Mick u shud of got him some silver tape as a present he loves the stuff lol . Fair play to you for showing your mistakes most people would edit it out everyone makes mistakes anyone who says they don't is telling porkies 🤣🤣
Why not insulate from the outside while building NEW??? That is called "warm roof" insulation and will avoid moisture problems. Insulating from the inside is called "cold roof" insulation, and this poses challenges to avoid moisture problems. There are insulated roofing plates for sale with integrated timbers to nail your battens on.
On the velux, the timber/trimmer on the bottom part of the sould be plumb, and the top one as horizontal (which means using more rimber). I'm sure it's in the velux instructions so it allows more light into thd room. Sometimes the build design of the roof doesn't allow the top one to reach as horizontal as you would like.
I would have thought the breathable membrane offered enough air circulation without the need to bore all these holes. If boring holes we need to keep them in the neutral zone of the structural timbers. But because these holes are above the insulation thickness you’ve no choice. I’ve abandoned the stiff insulation as it seems to shrink as does the wood it fits to. I now use slab Rockwool which has a soft fit around the edges ensuring a seal when shrinkage occurs. Cutting stiff insulation is such a mess and so difficult to ensure a good fit that remains tight. Rockwool slab has all the benefits of the stiff board but a slightly less U value. But as you get a better fit more than compensates.
I had so called roofers do my facis and sofits plus ridge tiles. I ended up having to have the whole roof replaced a they destroyed the old felt roof with incorrect instalation of the ridge system leaving the roof leaking. At the back i have a small extension they did the sofit and facia it is now starting to sagg at one end,i cant afford to have this repaired and to be honest i dont trust roofers as the new guy who replaced the roof should have retiled the extension as prommised ive now had tiles sat in my front garden for months and they have failed to turn up after each promise. So this year ill be removing the gutter and the mess the first guy made and re doing it correctly. So cheers for the recent vids on the roof.
Have u seen ppl cutting that insulation with some metal wire ? Some just use copper wire from cables others have used bike brake cable making a jig to hold sheet and pulling cable looks like knife through butter but not tried my self worth a look but u got the saw now lol
I have watch all your videos and wanted to express my gratitude and special thank you for the great effort in helping with your videos I personally benefited a-lot from all your roofing video Great and amazing help Thank you again guys You are my heroes. 😊
We will be using that on the next job because we have to now. We’ve been doing it the same way for many years so I’m hoping it is easier that’ll be ace. It’ll just cost more to do the job 😁👍🏻
We will be using it on the next job because we have no choice now due to new regs so we will see how much time it takes to install and as you say is it less messy. Thanks for the comment.
Great video Richard and Mick, loving the series and picking up some great tips. Just need the time to watch all your archive. Thanks a bunch for quality episodes.
we've got a shell and half the roof up so far not as complicated as this one with the knock through but both beams were put in and should be up to the stage of insulating in the next few days the work has been banging along so fast it's taken us by surprise
Having done such a brilliant job taping the face of the insulation, may I ask how you are going to ensure that you don’t perforate the vapour barrier between the plasterboard and insulation when you fix the plasterboard to the roof timbers?
Hi and thanks for the comment. Plasterboard goes over the top screwed directly into the rafters. There isn’t a vapour barrier because the foil faced insulation taped on all the joints and the temporary screws we put in forms the barrier. Whatever application you do you will have to fix through a vapour barrier into the substructure below especially when plaster boarding 👍🏻
On that soil pipe above ceiling is it a Durgo valve should be 300mm higher than highest flood point would be basin i would say, also needs to be in ventilated void ?
Hi and thank you for the comment. I’d say it’s level with the basin on the other side of the wall Eddie so we aren’t 300mm above but we have fitted a rodding point at the bottom of the stack in case of any possible trouble so we are happy with that decision. We talked about foaming the perimeter of that space to seal it but for this reason we aren’t now so yes it’s a ventilated space. Thanks for watching. 👍🏻
Enjoying every step of this extension build with the detail you are giving every step of the way. Well done. All you need now is a festool sponsorship and a big pair of headphones and you can take over from Robin clevett. 🙂😁
Hi Nigel and thanks for the comment. I’ll never have as much hair as Robin Clevett however we are filming a festool track saw review video later this week with Professional Builder magazine so who knows what the future holds. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Can I ask maybe a silly question: why did you put insulation in the ceiling *inside* the house (in the first 5 minutes of the video)? The restoration couple cut insulation boards with a pizza cutting wheel...! Have to come from both sides for thick boards, but no dust 🤷♂️
I watched a lot about rear kitchen extensions and i understand why it costs so much but some they loooove to rip off the customer. Is it cheaper timber frame or bricks like you did? Some they go for the timber frame because it's fast but not long lasting. Don't know about the prices . Roughly how much it costs for a 6 meter long and 3 m wide lean to roof rear kitchen extension? Timber or brick ? Just the shell up to the plasterbords and pipework done?
Cut a wedge of insulation to fit at the wall plates. This will allow two parallel plumb cuts on your main pieces of insulation. Fit some battens on rafters to stop the wedge being pushed up into vent space.
Good stuff. At ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GMmFacFDif0.html you've already installed the header plate for the stud - where and how was that attached to anything?
Unfortunately some builders dont give a toss and seem to think its their mission in life to be AHoles. Pushing the lighting cables high into the ceiling void then installing the 4 1nch kingspan installation leaving no void for the actual downlight. Even when first fix has been measured and drawn you still are unable yo find the cables so the only option is to cut a big hole in the ceiling through the kingspan to gain access to the cables then also cut voids into the kingspan to gain enough room to install the downlight this obviously completely alters the insulation value of the build. This extra work and cost always requires a conversation with the property owner for them to sort out with the boneheaded builder and building inspector.
Hi Chris thanks for the comment can I presume you approve of the work we did to make it as good as possible for all trades and the homeowner then? Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻
@@mrabuilders6723 You do seem to appreciate that you have other trades to consider unfortunately your only one of many that dont. And dont get me started on plasterers. Lol.
@@waggysnr21 unfortunately I am not a psychologist so I dont actually know why plasterers have to cause problems to other trades but some of them seem to take pleasure in damaging other trades work filling socket boxes with plaster and when they get counter charge them they seem to think Its someone elses fault. One one site I worked on they were to by the site manager to clean out the socket light switch boxes they actually cleaned the boxes out with a board axe and cut all the cables and broke all the screw lugs on the boxes they ended up getting counter charge 4k as the house had to be rewired but of course in their mind that was someone else fault as well. Hope this answers your question. Plus on another site the plasterers were on the top floor mixing and spreading as I walked into the room one of the plasterers was urinating into the water bucket then mixing the plaster with the urine water his excuse was it's to for to the toilet and he couldn't be bothered to walk that far. When he was kicked off site guess what it wea someone elses fault putting the toilets to far away.
Although I can agree that some trades don’t care about the one following them I can assure you 💯 that we only use the trades we do because we have a mutual respect for each other plus I think the big difference here is that we aren’t on site where having served as a manger myself for 4 years before realising that I missed the tools so much, trades are very selfish cos they just wanna make their money and get gone regardless of who has to struggle next. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching. 👍🏻
Wow This video is an education for me, 50mm boards stuck to insulation boards fitted between rafters, should be warm in there, im interested to see how you attach plaster board to it, fascinating video
I'm concerned now! I vaulted my ceiling and fitted two veluxs and insulated exactly how your doing it a few years ago. But I did not drill 25mm holes to allow air movement above and below veluxs, it is covered with breathable felt.
Ha yeh they can be keen sometimes, I've been learning allot from your channel and when I saw you drill holes in the rafters above and below the veluxs for air flow I started kicking me self. I didn't even think of that when doing my roof.... Hey every day is a school day. 👍
@@mrabuilders6723 lucky you. It’s not as easy to fit as it looks especially if the sparky puts the cables low down and you have to squeeze in alongside. You also want the wood putting in parallel as I found or else it needs a taper cut.
Hi. There is no real reason really that’s just the way we like to do it. Plus if you’ve seen Micks garden room series he loves messing with that tape👍🏻. Thanks to watching
Don't leave a hole ... It's a kitchen you don't want lots of wet air getting into the roof! I use firefoam ... Try it with a lighter and you won't use the cheap foam again !
Unless you can send me the link to the video that I may have missed he has never specified exactly how to fit spot lights in a cold roof. All he says is refer to manufacturers specification. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Maybe you need to look at previous episodes because the double rafters have been bolted. There is no need for joist hangers in this instance and there are indeed wall plates straps fitted. Enjoy your evening and thanks for watching 👍🏻
