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Adrian McEwen Feb 18

So it seems a pallet of insulation and breathable membrane will be turning up at the new house on Friday.

Fingers crossed I did all my maths correctly and this is enough to insulate under the floors of the lounge and dining room.

First step complete. It has arrived (and I've since moved it all inside)

Adrian McEwen Mar 25

Nearing the end (I hope) of the make things worse before they can get better phase.

Floorboards all up in both the lounge and the dining room. Still got to finish digging out the old fireplace in the dining room, and then I can start laying the breathable membrane for the insulation.

Adrian McEwen Mar 25

I also found out that newspaper is, apparently, the ideal material to stuff into gaps between the skirting board and the wall 🤷

Seems the skirting boards were last removed in 1993 - the lounge done in July (with the Echo) and the dining room in August (with Today, a newspaper I'd completely forgotten about)

Adrian McEwen 3d ago

Needed some clips for the networking conduit I'm running while the floors are up, so tried out the new @freecad v1.1

#FreeCADFriday #weeknotes #3Dprinting

@amcewen awesome work!

LovesTha🥧2d ago

@amcewen How hard is it to run cables through that type of flexible conduit with all those ridges?

Adrian McEwen 2d ago

@LovesTha I don't know. Hopefully not too bad, but this was more of a possible-future-proofing option while I've got all the floorboards up in two rooms and before the underfloor insulation makes it *really* hard to get under there to run anything.

I have run a couple of lengths of fishing line through it, to hopefully make it easier to pull cables if/when I get round to it 🤞

LovesTha🥧2d ago

@amcewen fishing line helps :)

Chris Huffee Mar 25

@amcewen Ah so that's the nominative determinism for Chris Boardman..

Laura James Mar 25

@amcewen finding old papers in walls, drawers, lofts etc, is the best thing

Adrian McEwen Mar 25

@Laura totally! I don't know who this lady is, but this photo of her had fallen down the back of the fireplace

Adrian McEwen Mar 25

@Laura I hope all your stuff made it up north okay!

Laura James Mar 25

@amcewen seems to have done! Just in final half of Critical Repairs phase and then we can relax

Adrian McEwen Mar 26

@Laura show off! 😁

Good to hear the relocation aspect went smoothly

LovesTha🥧2d ago

@amcewen I sort of hope builders do it intentionally to date their work.

Adrian McEwen 2d ago

@LovesTha yeah, I have been pondering leaving some sort of time capsule under the floor when I put all the insulation down 😁

@MyKomment Mar 25

@amcewen
Ow wow.
Nice one.

Adrian McEwen Mar 25

@MyKomment thanks. Hoping they go back down okay afterwards! 😁

penguin42 Feb 20

@amcewen Here, have a pack of paracetamol. You'll need them.

@amcewen mmmm forbidden candy floss...

Adrian McEwen Feb 20

@Snoof I'll bring you any leftovers

@amcewen finally, a real friend

annejohn Mar 25

@amcewen Interesting .. what's the insulating material ? I have a very extensive, old larch floor, which could do with insulation under it ..

Adrian McEwen Mar 25

@annejohn I'm following this guide https://www.ecologicalbuildingsystems.com/post/suspended-timber-floor-insulation-best-practice-installation-guide (bought the materials from them too, although @smsm1 recommended https://www.celticsustainables.co.uk/ since)

I found that from @seanhood's reply to @coldclimate's thread https://hachyderm.io/@coldclimate/115895254945568678

(thanks all for sharing! 😁)

coldclimate Mar 26

@amcewen how much of a faff is it? Very disruptive id guess

Adrian McEwen Mar 26

@coldclimate it's pretty disruptive, given the floorboards all need to come up and the skirting boards off.

This is what my lounge and dining room look like at the moment: https://mastodon.me.uk/@amcewen/116289463595472043

Obviously you don't need to do both at once, but I think you'd really want to be able to clear the room before tackling it.

Which is why I'm doing all this before I actually move in