Recent content by RandomTaskDave

Many thanks I’ll give it a go

So with all the advice you’ve given (thank you!!) I’ve fitted the batten to the wall using the glue with threaded bars and it’s worked a treat. Today I’ve moved onto trying to fit another batten to the joists in the ceiling. However, after several attempts I couldn’t locate the joists! so I’ve...

Thanks for the above :-)

Thanks Harry. I have found the ceiling joists to come off, but spent ages trying to find the wall joists with a stud finder. That’s when I cut an inspection hole and realised why I can’t find any, I found breeze blocks which was a surprise lol

Thanks John. I can use my hole cutting drill set and find some spacers the same size to match

I’m looking to do something similar to this

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. Regarding spacing out the gap between the block and plasterboard, I’m not sure how I’m going to do that as I only intended on drilling a hole to push the raw plug in to. So how would I get a spacer down there to fill the gap? When you mentioned resin, I...

I’m looking for advice on some over head storage I’m building, regarding the right type of screws and raw plugs to use on the wall please. The wall has 70mm thick plasterboard on it, with a 20mm cavity with breeze blocks behind it. From measuring the other side of the wall and door frame...