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Thanks for the help, managed to get some 400 gauge from express polythene in birmingham. Its a little fiddly to lap round corners etc but with a bit more detailing should be ready for the new screed floor

Thanks, ill try local merchants however most seem to stock 1000 gauge. I have a dpm under the concrete oversite. The purpose of the slip membrane is to tank the insulation and contain the flowing liquid screed

Hi guys, I am looking for 500 gauge "slip" membrane to cover insulation before laying ufh pipes. I have searched online to no avail, would anyone kindly tell me where i can pick this up? Thanks

The building inspector suggested extra insulation to build up the levels rather than paying for concrete, pay for insulation, the more insulation the better? I re checked the thickness and its more like 70mm of screed. I have now had the suspect screed ripped up and having a liquid...

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Thanks, ill try this. Do you mean normal scrim tape? What would you use to seal the cracks? What brand of latex would you use? I will post a picture later Thanks for your help

Hi guys, had 35m2 of sand and cement screed put down in a new extension December 2013, we are just getting round to tiling quotes in. Problem is where the screed has cracked you can see movement of a couple of mm deflection when loaded. Naturally I'm a little concerned about this, does it...

Hi, Its going to be difficult to vent at the ridge as its monopitched. an over facia ventilator will work at the eaves. The VCL membrane was specific for the job but yes would have been punctured by the plasterboard fixings. There is also a taped layer of kingspan insulation after the VCL...

Hi guys, I currently have the following pitched roof construction, mono pitched lean to roof, marley modern tiles, 50x38 battens, cromar vent 3 light membrane, 50mm air gap, 100mm cellotex, 50mmc cellotex over rafters taped, vcl membrane, 12.5mm plasterboard, there are no vents in the roof...

Update, Taken the plasterboard down and fitted a VCL taped and stapled to rafters, also ensuring all kingspan is foil taped etc, re installed plasterboard. Pushed back some tiles today and the underside of the cromar vent 3 light was still soaking wet, I first suspected a leak however the...

Hi Ian, There will be a kitchen extractor fitted, it was completed start of December and is yet to be plastered, I'm hoping that it will dry out as there is a fair amount of brick and block work with 35m2 of screed floor. What would you class as a reasonable dry out time. Its also been...

It was completed at the start of December, yet to be plastered but there was a fair amount of brickwork and 35m3 of screed floor. I'm hoping it will dry out, what would be a fair amount of "dry out time"