Question for builders: what is actually above bungalow windows

gozaimasu

Annemos said:

This was an insurance job for subsidence with a lot of other repair work. So I presume they had to get rid of all the artex rather than plastering over it, so the contractors would not be exposed??

Thanks for explaining the context. I have artex ceilings which I might want to get rid of, which I thought was a simple plastering job so I am breathing a sigh of relief.

Annemos

Yes this was actually very scary, as all the central heating pipes are up there.

It was ripped off one day. And it was left open like the picture you see, overnight.

Luckily the other company came and overboarded it the next day.

(Luckily I had reminded the Claims Handler to please do it straight away!) 


I also ended up having a small hall floor removed later, as that needed a crack in the concrete floor fixing.

It had 9 inch by 9 inch vintage tiles era 1979! And apparently the glue they used also has asbestos in it. This type of thing. It's under the main floors, too, but we have just covered them over with carpet. 

Annemos

Update: the chap has been today. 

Did an exploratory hole. There is the 9mm plasterboard, then a 7cm void, then breeze block, then steel at the back. 

So we could not use the Corefix long screws for dot and dab, used for example for TV's, because the void was much too big. 

Koalakoala, your method was used. He assures me this will do the job just fine. Strip of timber fixed in 4 places. And grip adhesive on the back. Then pole screwed in on top.

Thank you very much everyone for your help. 

lemondrops69

I'm not sure what they are called, but I know why they are called Bungalows, its because the builders have to 'bung-a-low' roof on them

Annemos

They bunged all sorts of things into my bungalow, lemondrops69.

The main window in the living room is very wierdly off-centre. There are 4 "bung-a-lows" like mine and they are all the same design. Sometimes I look at it and think....who designed that?!