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    Gap between skirting and wall. Pre-plaster question.

    No he didn't. I did. Nailing, or more likely screwing through stringer, timber and into the wall, from beneath, sounded like a good solution. Just can't do it. Problem going through the top is, the top is going to end up stripped back and oiled. So, no screws can go there. And expanding...
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    Gap between skirting and wall. Pre-plaster question.

    Thanks for the advice lads. I think I am going to go with balled up newspaper thing. I'll leave an inch gap between the paper and the top edge and if he's not happy with that he can sort it out himself. :) opps. ... I did know that, but I was using skirting (perhaps wrongly) to refer to the...
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    Gap between skirting and wall. Pre-plaster question.

    Thanks guys. I can't get near the stringer withount dropping the ceiling underneath, (not happening), and the one thing the plasterer said he didn't want was expanding foam, (no idea why, but he was pretty emphatic when I suggested it). So I am left with paper or polymered timber. I'll pick...
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    Gap between skirting and wall. Pre-plaster question.

    Hiya I am about to have a plasterer wet plaster a staircase wall. The house is an old Victorian place and I have realised that the skirting is integral to the staircase so I can't remove it. There is a gap between the skirting and the wall. Clearly this will need to be "plugged" in some way to...
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    Plasterboard Question

    Thank you for a very useful answer. :cool:
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    Plasterboard Question

    Okay. Wow. Everything I'm doing is wrong. Again. It's just like talking to the missus! I was planning to use: 12.5mm board on the stud walls - leaving 5.5mm skim. 9.5 mm board on the dot and dab - leaving 8.5 mm for dab & skim ... so perhaps a bit tight in places but certainly not over...
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    Plasterboard Question

    I am about to start plaster boarding for the first time. Some of the work is screw to studs, some is dot and dab to brick wall. I am going to use 7" skirting boards and I am intending to fit 5 1/2" x 18mm MDF base boards behind them and plaster the boards up to level with them. I understand...
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    1/2" and 15mm question

    I am fitting a water heater. The expansion valve has 1/2" female input and output. I am going into 15mm copper. Do I need to source 1/2" male to 15mm compression fittings or can I just ditch the nut and olive from a 15mm compression coupler and it with some Jet Blue? Thanks.
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    Honeywell Thermostat Replacement

    Yeah, I thought I might. I'm sure its a fairly straightforward job though. Thanks.
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    Honeywell Thermostat Replacement

    Thanks. Ordered one.
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    Honeywell Thermostat Replacement

    Thanks for this ..... but 1. I wasn't literally serious about facebook ... if I'm honest I don't really know what facebook is ... and ... 2. The benefits you point out, "knowing outside temp", "learning how I use the heating" etc are exactly what I would like to avoid. I really don't get on...
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    Honeywell Thermostat Replacement

    Hi My combi is controlled by a Honeywell CMS927B via a Honeywell RD666OD next to the boiler. It all works well but the CMs unit has started to have problems with the display becoming unreadable. I understand that this is quite common. I also undersatnd that the CMS927B in no longer...
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    Building a Windowsill

    Yes. Dot and dab, insulated board and skim change all that. By about 100mm. Back to the actual question?
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    Building a Windowsill

    I am attempting to make a windowsill for a bedroom. In order for the sill to look right it needs to emerge from underneath the existing window. We currently have the plaster off and are going to replace it with insulated board and skim. The window is sited in an original Victorian stone...
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