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    Installing stairs - plasterboard before or after?

    Thanks guys always good to get a second opinion
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    Installing stairs - plasterboard before or after?

    Hi. I have built a new stairwell which is block on one side on the first riser and timber stud on the remaining two sides if you imagine you have 2 left turns to go through 180 degrees. Looking for advice as to should I plasterboard all the stairwell stud before or after I fit the stairs...
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    Valley help! Urgent

    Fitted it and building control won't sign off as I put the lay boards on top of the felt as instructed by my builder. Now I have to remove it all and do it again. Water still pouring into my house. Fed up.
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    Valley help! Urgent

    BC inspector had a look today and he happy with a 3 inch wide lead valley as it's only short so I'm good to get that done this weekend. Also need along front of dormer etc overlapping tiles etc . All good.
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    Valley help! Urgent

    Thanks guys. I had to leave the valleys and concentrate on other bits so I am still looking into it. My main thing though is my valley isnt intended to go all the way down to the facia / gutter....
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    Valley help! Urgent

    Thanks chaps. Had a lot of Googling and opinion seems to be 6mm marine ply on top of rafters/felt or 12(or15)mm set in between rafters on battens. As my valleys are 2.5m long and dont go all the way down the roof presumably if I use lead I can dress the bottom of the lead over the tiles at the...
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    Valley help! Urgent

    Hi everyone. Me again ! The good news is I have most of a roof now but I'm stuck on the best way to build my 2 valleys . First plan was to use a grp valley but I think this wont work as the valley doesn't go to gutter level. Can anyone advise ? My builder says I need to lay 6x1 treated...
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    Valley help! Urgent

    Hi everyone. Me again ! The good news is I have most of a roof now but I'm stuck on the best way to build my 2 valleys . First plan was to use a grp valley but I think this wont work as the valley doesn't go to gutter level. Can anyone advise ? My builder says I need to lay 6x1 treated...
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    Help ! Water pouring in through ceilings

    Hi Ian, Yup, 3 steels, one ridge (which may have to be removed and replaced), front steel half way down line of rafter ( rafters are 6m long), and rear one which is about floor level to hold up front of the dormers.
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    Help ! Water pouring in through ceilings

    It sure is Woody. My BC guy came for a look, he is happy that no serious long term damage will occur, it's just a shame it's come to this. I got my drawings reprinted and to my slightly amateur eyes I don't quite see the issue. To put this in perspective, I have done all the rip out, put in...
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    Help ! Water pouring in through ceilings

    Yup entire roof is off, basically there is the party wall and my new gable end. Plus 3 steels spanning.
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    Help ! Water pouring in through ceilings

    I wanted to leave most of the roof on but 3 days before steels went in builder said he needed all the roof off, the plan being to get steels in then begin on new roof straight away. It was only after I had taken the roof off he said having looked at the drawings that the new one couldn't be...
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    Help ! Water pouring in through ceilings

    Thanks guys. My builder is only employed to build the gable and install steels. I took down the ceilings, installed the new floor/ egger protect. Looks like I didn't fit the Egger quite right as water is getting in through the joints in a lot of places. Even though my steels are in I'm told I...
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    Help ! Water pouring in through ceilings

    Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated. I can't get the new roof started because my builder says the architect plans along with SE calcs etc don't give enough detail to start construction on the roof. Something I really feel between the architect, SE and my builder someone should have...
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    Help ! Water pouring in through ceilings

    Hi, Looking for some urgent advice please ... I have got to the point in a loft conversion where I have a new floor in Egger Protect and no roof. Problem is I have a lot of water coming in through the board joints dispite gluing and screwing it all down. I also went over the surface with...
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