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sounds like a plan to be honest will get some ordered up and delivered and see what i can do from there :D

so as a general consensus whats the best idea 1 - use rockwool - with no messing just shove it in 2 - use 50mm with padding on the studs 3 - use 50mm without padding on the studs the plaster board used will be 12.5mm and im putting up the smaller sheets ( 1800* 900mm ) and will be...

the only thing that worried me is on the edge of the plater board - would it not crack but i suppose you just dont go mad screwing it in the wall was flat anyways ( its already been plastered many moons ago - so the studding has fastened to it no probs ) with no need for packing out...

i have spotted this http://www.cwberry.com/Inquiry_ProductDetails.aspx?ItemNumber=02250088 but not 100% sure if it is suitable for the job or there is this ( which i wanted ) but they dont seem to stock it in 40-45mm sections...

they do !!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh well that helps - i thought they only stocked standard sizes of 50mm 75mm etc.. i got some measured up before in a shop - and they were selling it as 3 inch wide - but it was 80mm - so thats bigger than spec'd ( as it would be around the 75-76mm mark )...

Morning :D i have an external cold wall so im putting up some studding , filling with "something" and then plasterboarding over. I have gone and bought a load of 2*2 to start making the frame and this is where the fun has started i have built the outside of the frame as a starting point...

thats the thing thats preying on my mind - is it actually worth just doing the one wall - the only thing that says its a good idea is that .. 1 - wall with window ( this is insulated when cladded and i have insulated under the window behind the plasterboard via a crawl space ) 2 - the rear...

ref the polystyrene - that was probably bad wording from me !! - i would be looking at using something like : http://www.wickes.co.uk/General-Constructional-Insulation/General-Purpose-Insulation-Slab/invt/161197 which im assuming is a tad better :D is there a reason for putting 50mm...

Hiya i have done some searching and reading and really just want to confirm a few things we are redecorating a bedroom in our house and we are going to get it re-skimmed - so whilst im making a mess i thought i would insulate one of the walls ( and the fact that the room is bloody freezing...

have a read of these - it might help //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=101554 //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=49499 Stu

from a sparky point of view or joe public from the above few posts - we seems to get differening views of what is meant ?

yeah i can appreciate what you are saying :D the whole lot will be replaced - but like i said - from the outside eye - it does read that you can replace a lot of it yourself from my point of view they should give clear advice for the average DIY'er or failing that a diagram tells a...

could i not do it under section 2B 1.B - as the upstairs is a single circuit - or is a single circuit classed as from one plug to another ? the doc that i was reading was : http://www.chorley.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=245&p=0 and if you look at page 26 ( page 27 on the pdf ) it says ...

he he he !! from what i have read so far - it looks like i would have to continue using the 4mm wiring - so that clears that up ( ish !! ) and the upstairs rewire - according to the local regs - it says that you can fix wiring thats not in the kitchen/bathroom/outside without notification...

i have just been reading the local building control and basically for the work i want doing - the council has to be told - but aslong as they chap is registered OK - then he can sign it all off i have to admit its a mine field of what you can and cant do - and they dont make it very clear...