Changed two light fittings for a lady last week. late 50's early 60's house.

First one in a downstairs cloak at front of property. Removed the ceiling
rose to find a 1" thick layer of polystyrene between the plaster board and
the joists.

Second one was in a room at the rear, same thing, 1" thick polystyrene under
the plasterboard.

Never seen this before, what was the purpose? Anyone know?


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:40:07 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Changed two light fittings for a lady last week. late 50's early 60's house.

First one in a downstairs cloak at front of property. Removed the ceiling
rose to find a 1" thick layer of polystyrene between the plaster board and
the joists.

Second one was in a room at the rear, same thing, 1" thick polystyrene under
the plasterboard.

Never seen this before, what was the purpose? Anyone know?

Perhaps it's a stash of contraband polystyrene. You know what these
Kentish people are like...

--
Frank Erskine

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Changed two light fittings for a lady last week. late 50's early 60's house.

First one in a downstairs cloak at front of property. Removed the ceiling
rose to find a 1" thick layer of polystyrene between the plaster board and
the joists.

Second one was in a room at the rear, same thing, 1" thick polystyrene under
the plasterboard.

Never seen this before, what was the purpose? Anyone know?


Someone is trying to kill her off.

In message , Frank Erskine
writes
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:40:07 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Changed two light fittings for a lady last week. late 50's early 60's house.

First one in a downstairs cloak at front of property. Removed the ceiling
rose to find a 1" thick layer of polystyrene between the plaster board and
the joists.

Second one was in a room at the rear, same thing, 1" thick polystyrene under
the plasterboard.

Never seen this before, what was the purpose? Anyone know?

Perhaps it's a stash of contraband polystyrene. You know what these
Kentish people are like...

TMH didn't say which side of the Mudway the lady was on!

--
Si

Owain wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Changed two light fittings for a lady last week. late 50's early
60's house. First one in a downstairs cloak at front of property. Removed
the ceiling rose to find a 1" thick layer of polystyrene
between the plaster board and the joists.
Second one was in a room at the rear, same thing, 1" thick
polystyrene under the plasterboard.
Never seen this before, what was the purpose? Anyone know?

Insulation, probably. I've got walls made of pb with about quarter of
an inch of ps behind it. (I didn't choose it.)


But why would you want to insulate the ceiling of a two story house?


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

Si wrote:
In message , Frank Erskine
writes
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:40:07 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Changed two light fittings for a lady last week. late 50's early
60's house. First one in a downstairs cloak at front of property.
Removed the
ceiling rose to find a 1" thick layer of polystyrene between the
plaster board and the joists.

Second one was in a room at the rear, same thing, 1" thick
polystyrene under the plasterboard.

Never seen this before, what was the purpose? Anyone know?

Perhaps it's a stash of contraband polystyrene. You know what these
Kentish people are like...

TMH didn't say which side of the Mudway the lady was on!

The 'Kentish' side like me! Not the 'Kent' side.


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On 2007-09-19 18:48:50 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
said:

Si wrote:
In message , Frank Erskine
writes
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:40:07 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Changed two light fittings for a lady last week. late 50's early
60's house. First one in a downstairs cloak at front of property.
Removed the
ceiling rose to find a 1" thick layer of polystyrene between the
plaster board and the joists.

Second one was in a room at the rear, same thing, 1" thick
polystyrene under the plasterboard.

Never seen this before, what was the purpose? Anyone know?

Perhaps it's a stash of contraband polystyrene. You know what these
Kentish people are like...

TMH didn't say which side of the Mudway the lady was on!

The 'Kentish' side like me! Not the 'Kent' side.

But aren't both sides on the Kentish side? They seemed to be last
Friday when zipping over said river on Eurostar.

In message , Andy Hall writes
On 2007-09-19 18:48:50 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
said:
Si wrote:
In message , Frank Erskine
writes

Perhaps it's a stash of contraband polystyrene. You know what
these
Kentish people are like...

TMH didn't say which side of the Mudway the lady was on!

The 'Kentish' side like me! Not the 'Kent' side.

But aren't both sides on the Kentish side? They seemed to be last
Friday when zipping over said river on Eurostar.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/places/features/manofkent_kentishman.shtml

(after reading that description TMH is probably glad he's not really
Kentish tho'


btw, I'm a MoK but living way off on the Kentish side.

--
Si

On 19/09/2007 18:47, The Medway Handyman wrote:

But why would you want to insulate the ceiling of a two story house?

So that when it's converted into flats downstairs doesn't pay for
upstairs heating :-P

On 2007-09-19 19:47:46 +0100, Si $3o&m said:

In message , Andy Hall writes
On 2007-09-19 18:48:50 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
said:
Si wrote:
In message , Frank Erskine
writes

Perhaps it's a stash of contraband polystyrene. You know what these
Kentish people are like...

TMH didn't say which side of the Mudway the lady was on!

The 'Kentish' side like me! Not the 'Kent' side.

But aren't both sides on the Kentish side? They seemed to be last
Friday when zipping over said river on Eurostar.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/places/features/manofkent_kentishman.shtml

(after reading that description TMH is probably glad he's not
really Kentish tho'


btw, I'm a MoK but living way off on the Kentish side.

Does it vary?

I was aware that Thanet is an island - kind of - but that really is the
end of the earth.

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-09-19 19:47:46 +0100, Si $3o&m said:

In message , Andy Hall
writes
On 2007-09-19 18:48:50 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
said:
Si wrote:
In message , Frank
Erskine writes

Perhaps it's a stash of contraband polystyrene. You know what
these Kentish people are like...

TMH didn't say which side of the Mudway the lady was on!

The 'Kentish' side like me! Not the 'Kent' side.

But aren't both sides on the Kentish side? They seemed to be last
Friday when zipping over said river on Eurostar.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/places/features/manofkent_kentishman.shtml

(after reading that description TMH is probably glad he's not
really Kentish tho'


btw, I'm a MoK but living way off on the Kentish side.

Does it vary?

I was aware that Thanet is an island - kind of - but that really is
the end of the earth.

The Planet Thanet as it's known around here :-)


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257