This is a fully-fledged course! I love all the explanations and the detail and specially showing us almost all aspects of a loft conversion. By the end, I will be confident to start my own! Thank you

Thanks for all your videos Pouse. I'm amazed how you stay polite in the comments. Anyone who has renoved their own house has stories to tell, not all pros are as good as Stu Crompton. You put your skills for all to see on KZread, you've got your work inspected, and you don't let keyboard warriors get you down. Respect!

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I really don't mind the insults, I think people have the right to be nice, horrible, mean, polite whatever floats their boat. If you have a KZread channel then insults and trolls come with the territory. If you're someone that takes things to heart then KZread is probably not a good thing for you, but I enjoy the 'feedback' and I always welcome comments. I'm just grateful that people actually watch and enjoy my channel as when I started I honestly never thought people would be interested. Stu seems like a nice guy and a great bricky. Maybe I'll get him to build me a wall one day! Thanks for your kind words and best of luck.

Great bid as ever , would advise encouraging folk to always add red/blue or white collet clips on speed fit /push fit fittings. I got caught out about a month ago when a tile i was removing with a crowbar dislodged an end stop so i learned my lesson as dropped for two days but thankfully no damage done

Nice work bud 💪🏼😎👍🏽

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Forgot the haters below I really appreciate these videos mate!!! Keep em coming!!

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

I welcome all feedback good and bad, even from the trolls. I'm flattered they take the time to bother me.

I rate ya Mr pouse you can do it all.. respect!

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Excellent video. Looking forward to next installment already!

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

is looks like yo did a good job and saved yourself a bit off money enjoyed the video.

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Great video, can't beat push fit connectors for plumbing, just fitted a Sure stop stopcock so simple as old one had seized.

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Some people do t like them but they serve a purpose and to date I've had no problems with it. If it does leak, it's so easy to replace. Thanks again for watching!

great video, and very informative. thanks for sharing your knowledge

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Top job. Just discovered your loft conversion playlist. Great you are using WAGO cage clamp terminals. Key point is screw terminals need tightening every so many years so you don't want behind walls. Only other option would be crimps which you need special expensive tools and you can't undo. On the JG where you have Teed off under the boiler I'd try to get a bit more pipe support in when it's convenient - perhaps just wood screws, bit of 2x2 and cable ties for now. Sure you can think something up. In longer term when you have time perhaps redo first bit near the boiler in soldered copper as you can unbolt and do on the bench. Can't remember rules on how near plastic can be to the boiler. Also have a read about swept T's (hope I've got the right name) The 13A socket under boiler might best be changed for IP type. Not a JG fan cos of the number of pipe clips you need until I saw your trunking on it which neatened it all up proper. Simple wood cover pan in back of wardrobe might be a good safety idea if you have children wandering about. Look forward to catching up on all the other episodes. Best Christmas 🌲 present! and thanks so much for sharing it all.

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the detailed comment John. Yes I'l tidy it up when I get chance but it's functional for now and got it done while family was out of the house. It's still like it now two years on behind the cupboard so I'l get round to it one day!! The socket should be non switched or a fused spur also, another thing I'm meant to change but there we go! Happy new year!

@johncoppock3823

3 жыл бұрын

@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE Happy New Year! Yes one of those jobs to save up for the right moment which is not now in lockdown. Assume you could change socket for plain box with WAGO and run trunking up the wall to make a fused spur connection point nice and high up. Anyhow hope you are enjoying the loft conversion and new projects planned for 2021. Thanks again

Hi Pouse, you're a man on a mission doing the whole lot yourself, I have a lot of respect for your determination - well done, not far to go now! Noticed you've been at the loft conversion for 2 years now...ever regret starting or consider getting help in?

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

It's been more or less complete for a long time. I'm just behind on the editing and uploading of videos. So not as bad as it looks although with a family and full time job, it's not easy finding the time to do something like this. That said it hasn't cost that much in the grand scheme of things and it gave me the chance to renew all soffits, fascias, slates, gutters and paint the house while I was at it so a worth while job and all caught on camera for future vids!

Nice smack to the nose from the pipe at 7:59! 😂

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Well spotted, you are the first to comment on that. It was a stinger!

@charlieshooter

3 жыл бұрын

@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE I bet! Made me chuckle though! 😂

Just one Question about draining your c/h system. Did you just turn the boiler off and then open the drain off valve, or do you have to turn off mains water inlet as well?

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

No need to turn mains water off on a combi. It's a closed system (while valves are shut). Thanks for watching!

Hi Pouse. Love the videos - i'm doing my own conversion basically using your videos to give me the confidence to do it myself. Wondering if there was a reason you didn't just tap into the radiator circuit / loop somewhere else in the house to feed the loft instead of breaking in to T-off by the boiler? If i copy your method i'd have to run pipes up 3 floors which i don't fancy trying. Any advice?

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

You can go from wherever you like, this was the closest place for me. Hope that helps!

@mattchristie1097

3 жыл бұрын

@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE Yep - makes sense - thanks

Good work pousey. Getting myself a girls aloud t-shirt like big pousey.

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

I'll let him know! Thanks for watching.

@bp8092

3 жыл бұрын

You do that! Treat yourself! Were you a fan also?! They put on the best concert I ever went to second only to Take That Circus Tour! Both beat pints of piss back and forth above your head at a Kasabian concert any day of the week! The good old days!

This has literally gone on for years

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Its been more or less finished for a long time. I'm about 18 months behind on the video editing so this video was filmed in February 2019. Apologies for any confusion. Thanks for watching.

I’ve watched every episode and feel the first need to comment. I might be wrong but didn’t hear any mention of turning off the supply from the consumer unit when extending the lighting circuit?

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure if I did, but I turned power off when making final connection to the ceiling rose. Thanks for watching!

I like your channel very much. Your video helped me a lot. I would like to ask: If I want to install a central heating radiator in the attic (above the second floor), the boiler is on the first floor. Can the heater in my attic get hot? Is the pressure enough? Looking forward to your reply. Thank you：-）

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Yes should be fine but it depends on your boiler, the number of radiators and how well it has been installed.

I have watched your whole series on your loft conversion so far and found it to be very interesting. I have a question about your electrical connection. If you have a live junction at the light fitting, which is able to supply live, neutral and earth to your new lights in your loft, how come your bedroom light is not permanently illuminated? In my humble experience, the neutrals and earths are connected together, but the live is switched (by the light switch). In it`s present configuration, you would have to turn the bedroom light on to make your loft lights work. Might I politely suggest you run a new wire from your fusebox/consumer unit to supply your loft? Perhaps one feed from the lights circuitbreaker and one from the 13A sockets circuitbreaker? I believe that may be somewhat safer. Perhaps I am mistaken.

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

With the configuration I have which is pretty standard on older housing at least, a permanent live is run from one room light to the next in what's known as a radial circuit. Then at the junction box or ceiling rose above your light you do the wiring so that a cable is taken from there to the switch which when switched on goes back to turn the light on. So even when your light switch is off there is a live terminal in the ceiling, it's just that only the switch cable is connected to the light bulb. I've simply extended the upstairs lighting circuit into the loft which is fine in my particular set up. Hope that helps. For a more detailed explanation watch my other video - How to wire a ceiling rose - kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJ6hpZKqqJTUorg.html

@baconballs13

3 жыл бұрын

@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE Thanks very much for the quick response! Yes, that does help me tremendously 👍

How many kW is your boiler and how many radiators or undefloor heating you have?

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

5 ай бұрын

33kw. With an additional radiator in the loft (which I've never connected as it's always been warm enough) it would be 11 radiators.

Hmm, you’re not supposed to have plastic pipe any closer than the first metre from the boiler due to heat. I assume that also goes for connnectors. If so, you may have problems at some point in the future.

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Well I'll let you know!

first problem, electrics by boiler? what if the boiler leaks.

@nw5835

3 жыл бұрын

Lifes full of what if's.

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

If sockets were to get soaked (highly unlikely) then rcd would trip and electrics go off. Thanks for watching.

Your meant to have just copper for at least the first meter from the boiler

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

I took advice from my gas engineer. He said it would be fine. One way to find out! Thanks for watching.

Easier to add inhibitor through the top of the magnetic filter, than the towel rail!

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Fair point! Thanks for watching.

@tomstrutton4351

3 жыл бұрын

POUSE around the HOUSE no it’s not, it is easier through a towel rail

Pousey, don’t rely on iso-valves for temporarily closing-off a pipe. Even the manufacturers state you shouldn’t do this. Instead, use JG Stop Ends as it is what they are designed for!

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

True, I was just trying to avoid draining system again. They've been there for 18 months now and still holding up so all good!

@steves1460

3 жыл бұрын

POUSE around the HOUSE you have a couple of options then. You can add a small piece of pipe on th end of the iso and then add the cap to that; compression or JG. Alternatively, as you are at the highest point in the house, you could potentially avoid having to drain the whole system, depending upon how the pipework is laid out.

The original plumber used copper and now it’s spoiled and looks crap

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

Looks crap yes but also works fine. I can alter it in the future when I do more work on that room. Thanks for watching.

@koolio67890

3 жыл бұрын

However the plastic is going to be more reliable in this instance because it is a single run - and that could not be accomplished using copper..

What a bodge job, it’s workmanship like this that gives DIY its bad reputation. You would think that after 18 months hacking his house about he would at least understand the importance of doing things properly by now

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

The installation is a tad scruffy behind the cupboard but physically fine. It's my house, I had a short window of opportunity to do it, and that's that. For info, I've spent longer than 18 months 'hacking' my house about. Thanks for watching!

@electricery

3 жыл бұрын

@@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE "Tad Scruffy". ....where's your pride man, You will always know that it is like that and now I've mentioned it, it will bug you forever!

@POUSEaroundtheHOUSE

3 жыл бұрын

@@electricery I can assure you it won't bug me. Now try not to lose any sleep over it.

@simonc513

3 жыл бұрын

Myhippocampus This channel is really good for amateurs like me to see what's possible on your own. I can understand your point that it might not be completely professional, but these videos aren't 'here is how to become a professional builder", it's showing what can be done on your own. For schmucks like me it's a brilliant learning process. Keep up the good work, Pouse. More than anything these videos give us the confidence to have a go and try it ourselves. Top job!

@elliot499

3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen some professional work? This is brilliant in comparison.