I'm in the middle of a self-build project (nothing much happening at the moment!), and planning for how to fit the battens (vcl and service cavity) on the external walls ready to fit plasterboard to.
I'm fitting three battens at the bottom of the wall (to give plenty of scope for skirting to fasten to), but just want to check where I should ideally place the bottom batten.
The screed will come to dpc level (the bottom of the timber frame sole plate) and we'll have about 25mm of flooring on top of that (limestone tiles and engineered oak).
I was planning to leave a 20mm gap between plasterboard and screed and then fill with foam, but that will mean that the finished floor ends up just above the bottom of the plasterboard.
Does this sound right, or should I be leaving a bigger gap (maybe around 35mm) so that there's space between the tiles/oak and the bottom of the plasterboard (which the skirting will cover)?
I'm fitting three battens at the bottom of the wall (to give plenty of scope for skirting to fasten to), but just want to check where I should ideally place the bottom batten.
The screed will come to dpc level (the bottom of the timber frame sole plate) and we'll have about 25mm of flooring on top of that (limestone tiles and engineered oak).
I was planning to leave a 20mm gap between plasterboard and screed and then fill with foam, but that will mean that the finished floor ends up just above the bottom of the plasterboard.
Does this sound right, or should I be leaving a bigger gap (maybe around 35mm) so that there's space between the tiles/oak and the bottom of the plasterboard (which the skirting will cover)?