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Thanks for that advice-I've only had advice from those trying to sell it so far since I will be paying someone else to d the job for me, so independent opinions are worth their weight in gold. Talking of which I was told that Hardiplank is the better and most recent technology- lighter weight...

Hi Steve I have got a single brick wall which I had to insulate and as I didn't want to lose room inside I worked externally. Building Regs advised me to use 50mm Celotex onto the brick between horzontal battons then Tyvek and vertical battons then weatherboarding onto that. Not much use to you...

I am looking at using a pre-coloured fibre cement weatherboard (Cedral or Hardiplank) over a layer of Tyvek and Cellotex with battoning in between on a single brick wall which has permeating damp where the hard render has cracked and needs to be covered. Has anyone got any experience of fibre...

Is it OK to fill a hole in waterproof plasterboard with filler alone? Its not in the shower cubicle & won't be tiled, but is in the shower room which will be steamy. I intend to paint it afterwards.