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can anyone explain the easiest way off putting up a head plate for a timber frame (for plasterboard work) to the joists i have running in my garage ceiling? When putting up a timber frame, is it best to put up the head plate and then sole plate and then struts or best to make frame and then put...

i am leaving the garage door intact as too much effort to remove! but in the garage i have my electricity meter and gas supply pipes with meter too so i cant attach boards directly on half of one wall so would it be easier to do the whole wall with battons and then glue the rest of the garage...

im just converting it into a gym so only the occasional length of time in there. but during the winter it is very cold to go in there so thats why i though of insulation.

Hi, just need a few hints before i begin plasterboarding the garage in which is the best way to do it. I have now put all the noggins in the ceiling and wish to board this up but also in the garage all walls are bare breeze blocks and bricks and dont know whether i should put the plasterboards...