Recent content by Kevlav

After doing a bit more digging about in the loft I have come up with what I think may be a better solution. This would be built above the existing ceiling joists and none structural walls (red) so nothing would be touching them. Please excuse my art work hopefully it illustrates what im looking...

Hi, I am looking to board my loft for storage but suspect the ceiling joists might sag with the additional weight. I was thinking of building a new floor frame with bigger joists resting on supporting walls so the existing ceiling joists where not taking any additional weight but unfortunately...

Nice one To be fair the walls are not so bad as they are mostly painted or new plaster its just either side of the chimney breast top half has backing paper with cracked plaster underneath.

Hi, Im going to be painting a 7x3.5m room including ceiling. The room is a mix of new plaster, old painted plaster and some backing paper. My question is what are the best rollers for the job? Also would I be best covering the whole room in backing paper to get a consistent finish or will I get...

Hi, Currently I have a 14m2 ground floor room with an extremely rough concrete floor which I need to raise by around 25mm and smooth so its level for laminate. Im going to assume there is no DPM also so what would be the most cost effective solution here? I already have a price of £560 for...

Hi, I am looking to have a dividing wall taken out to open up my downstairs front and back rooms. An idea I had was to have a double door size opening from my hall into the opened up room with a sliding pocket door installed. My question is would it be possible to have the RSJ supporting the...