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Brilliant thanks for the advice, much appreciated

Here is the link to that post: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/help-needed-broken-screed-in-corner.618588/

Thanks John that makes sense. Would you fill the grooves in the plastic cavity with sand before putting the concrete mix down or put the concrete straight onto the plastic and fill the grooves with it? I posted another question earlier about some damaged scree in the corner of my dining room...

Interesting, I never knew that. I was thinking of laying some kiln dried sand over the cavity closer to level it out, then I was going to put some screed on the top and smooth it out. I wasn’t going to use any concrete. Is that right?

Yeah good point thanks.

I’ve had a look and theres nothing supporting the plasterboard. Certainly no battens. There are a few dabs of adhesive fixing it to the breeze blocks behind and a few inch gap between the wall and the board. The top of the door frame was also attached to the plasterboard with a couple of dabs...

Am I right in thinking the batten is secured to the concrete block behind? To the block itself or the joint? And are the battens standard size or would I need to measure. Sorry for the daft questions! I’m a complete novice at this.

There’s a joiner coming next week to fit a new frame and door. Daft question, I know, but what are the battens attached to? ‍♂️

Thanks a lot for the advice.

Hi I’ve just pulled up the carpet and underlay in the dining room before some new wood flooring goes down next week and found that a piece of screed in the corner of the room is badly cracked / damaged. The piece looks like it’s separated from the rest of the screed and I can push it down...

Hi As I was taking out a door frame I accidentally pulled at the plasterboard (which was attached to the door frame with adhesive?!) and it’s broken in two fairly large sections either side above the door aperture. Any advice on what I should do please? Is this something I can repair myself...

Thanks so much I really do appreciated it.

So just to give some extra context there’s a UPVC porch on the other side of the door. thank you so much for that! I couldn’t work it out. Can I re-apply a thin layer of concrete and screed same as the crumbled layer I took off? Thank you again, I’m really grateful Sorry for being such a...

Hi I’m in the process of laying wood flooring and after taking up the carpet and underlay I found the screed and concrete on the floor inside the front door was crumbling away. I’ve cleared it up and found this plastic item which was filled with concrete. Can anyone tell me what this is and...