Recent content by NorthWest1

Thanks for that Just had a read through of instructions, no depth limit and fast cure, I'll give it a go.

Yeah, that's what the electrician said do, I was just concerned how secure the plaster will be on top of foam that is soft. Frustrating with the plasterboard areas, they've just been skimmed !!! Can't believe they plasterer needed to punch such massive holes around the sockets.... totally...

Hi, I was hoping for some advice about making good after a rewire. The electricians have left repair work for me in a number of places 1. Chases into lime plaster on solid brick. 2. Lime plaster on lath stud walls 3. Sockets in insulated board For the chases I was going to just use a...

When you have a welded shelf to RSJ, how does the loading work? If you have a solid wall with stretcher and header brick, isn't the load spread across the two courses ? I've seen wooden lintel supporting inner course with thin steel supporting outer, to give a 'brick to window frame' look. If...

You should always do a functional test of the system BEFORE starting work, I've been caught out before when doing inspection/service work. You don't always have the time though.

I had to to remove a number of bricks like this, I drilled a couple of holes and then sawed through the mortar with a tungsten carbide reciprocating blade. The grinder method will spew material all over room, unless you have extraction.

So, the kitchen has been boarded, couldn't get the 12.5mm type, had to do with the 9.5m. the overall thickness is 27mm, so it's hardly going to save the planet, but, it'll be interesting to see how you it performs.... expensive at nearly 60 quid a board ! I'm planning on painting the room, I'm...

Surely if it were simple, there wouldn't be so many failings and contradictory reports. Anyways, I'm going to go for 35mm ( overall ) board,with the idea being that it's better than nothing and shouldn't introduce a large internal/external temp difference, which like deluks said, seems to be...

There's nothing on the outside, just bare brick. Yeah, the Charlie DIY is the one I was thinking of, I'm sure he used insulated plasterboard, he ended up ripping it all out. I read the Bristolian document that was produced by Bristol Council, in conjunction with a university, it came about...

23, just to confirm,. You would simply dot and dab the insulated plasterboard straight to the brick wall and skim as normal ? I'm thinking of just going with that and I can remove a skirting board a year down the line and see if it's wet.

Corksol I believe its called ( insulating plaster skim ) The problem is getting ppl to do it and then, what goes underneath it, as a base coat. Insulating plasterboard dot and dabbbed to the wall would be dead easy and done in a day, I could live with the 40mm lost from room space but, I've...

Didn't a load of government schemes for internal wall insulation, have to be ripped out after damaging the properties....

The kitchen is really small, can't really afford to lose any space. It surprises me that ppl are recommending plasterboard over wet plaster,i thought plasterboard was the cheep and cheerful method. I initially thought about insulated plasterboard but apparently it's a technical minefield...

Hi, Just after a bit of advice regarding using Sand/Cement plaster on old brickwork. I'm currently back to brick in my 1930's kitchen. It's a solid wall and i've been looking to have it plastered again. Most of the plastering companies I spoke to only offered dot and dabbing, which I didn't...

The latest government guidance on insulating solid walls, no longer recommends vapour closed methods, instead, vapour open with a minimum of a 25mm cavity on the cold side. Apart from condensation issues, the other problem with excessive insulation is cold external walls, cold walls that don't...