I have cavity walls with concrete breeze blocks externally and Thermalite Aircrete bricks internally. We have attached 75mm Recticel PIR...
First time poster, go easy. Started dismantling blinds and assorted bad DIY of previous owner, discovered this hole in the window alcove. Please...
Hi all, When I bought this property there was some MDF covering that opening. There was leak several years ago apparently. I’ve taken the master...
Hi all, My plaster & kath ceiling is slightly bowing from the center of about 30mm to the edge. I’m debating whether to take it all down and...
Hi All, recently bought a property that needs a fair bit of work. As it’s a Victorian house bits and bobs have been updated over time. There...
I am looking to use up extra insulation and left over 3"x2" timber by lowering part of a ground floor ceiling. As the ceiling is 2.7m high and...
Hi, We moved into a bungalow 2 weeks ago and after having it decorated I have noticed on one bedroom (plasterboard) wall just above a wall socket...
Hi everyone, Probably a silly question, but I can't find an absolute answer and I want to check before I start ordering stuff. So, I'm putting...
Hi When I had our extension built our new shower room was tiles, but an alcover in the shower was left as bare block at the back - it's tiled top...
In the kitchen of the house that I have bought, two rooms have been joined but the ceiling rises by upto 4.5 cm at one end of the room. The...
Hi, I’m planning on removing the fibreboard ceiling tiles throughout my entire upstairs and replace with plasterboard. I’ve looked in the loft...
I'm converting an old double concrete sectional garage to a workshop in my own garden. The idea was to attach 50mm square battens to the vertical...
Half my wall was lathe/plaster but had blown and effectively just fallen off exposing the stud wall. The other half of this wall is a solid...
Hello there. Have found a cover from a plasterboard tile inside the loft flap down exposing the plasterboard. Also over the summer from one side...
Hi all, I have a wall made up of plasterboard insulated with polystyrene (c30mm). I'm looking for some advice on what fixtures to use to hang two...
Just wondering if anyone has got any link to someone selling plasterboards. I need around 3 pallets. Where's the best/cheapest place to buy it...
Hey Everyone, So I have skimmed plasterboard before and can do that pretty well. But I had a partition put up and that was boarded and skimmed....
Hey everyone I’ve had builders install 3 beams in my house. A vertical column then an I beam resting on the column one end and resting in the...
Hi. I have a bit of a dilemma. I am boxing in some horizontal pipework that runs along the wall near the floor to a radiator. I am running some...
I've installed the framework and in the past used 9mm as it is lighter and easier to handle. Do you think there is much acoustic merit to using...
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