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Hey folks! Well I really made a bit of a #$%& of this bit of plasterboard in another room I did. I forgot to screw in one of the plasterboard edges to the ceiling rafters, upon realising this I decided to put the screws in and get rid of the bowing board then all of a sudden I get this nice...

Hi guys. I have a question regards to the strength of the window reveal skins. The double skin walls were capped off using sliced up house bricks. These have been removed to stop damp tracking. Now I just want to see if anything should be done to strengthen the two skins back together at the...

Hi, when we moved in the garage was there but wasn't very high so we added a few courses. The base was never there and all you can see isthe top of the footings and shuttering. It's mostly soft dirt on top with what I can only describe as garden pea gravel in there randomly. But as stated its...

no sub base as such, theres like pea gravel and dirt mixed but definitely not compacted, in places it's soft.. sounds sketchy then i seen people saying 6 inch on average. builder made out it was fine to dump it right ontop. this is what made me look into it. dont sound right. maybe i need to...

hi again prince, thanks for posting to both my threads. i have taken it down bit by bit and done it with celotex stuff between the board and lagging as i didn't have the foil backed type. but in the sloped parts i wouldnt of been able to get both lagging and insulation board so i opted to just...

hi, its already built and footings are already done and was done when we moved in, we just added to it. The slab is internal. so looking at the quote for the slab to be layed at the appropriate depth. the quotes i have had so far were 4" not reinforced and both told me it doesn't need anything...

oh pants. theprinceofdarkness, i have just seen your post regards the VCL. i have already got the board up onto the joists in the ceiling. wich means i have not done this!! what options do i have now? have i got to pull it all down? its not plastered so i could take each board down if theres a...

hi guys iv had a few guys down to sort our garage out with a quoute for doing the base.. its 9m x 2.8m internal. i bricked it with my stepdad using concrete blocks. had a few quotes, one wanted £2500 for 4" slab with no reinforcment, and expansion control other £900 for 4" slab no...

Anyone point me in the right direction with my insulation querys? Looking to move onto boarding but not sure what to do. I'm still thinking silver backed foam board in the tight gaps in roof. Not sure what to put in the window cavity.

Heres the pictures. you can see where there is no insulation. if i should put any there, do you think i should use the rolled up stuff or insulation board? as i understand you dont want any insulation touching the tiles or stopping air getting through? also you see the window cavity. bricks are...

Hi guys, thanks for replays. Ceiling was rafting plaster. Never seen such a mess. I thought taking the plaster off was bad but, the dust from abouve was insaine. Don't regret it though! There used to be a fireplace in the bedroom. I'mbricking it up then over boarding it but would like to not...

i have also been thinking should i put up some new insulation in the hard to reach places in the loft while its exposed. we have angled ceilings in our home they are common in UK houses. previous loft insulators obviously couldn't get into some of the areas!

Hi people Thought i would register on here, been reading a lot and come up with a few things i would like some advice on. Me and the mrs have spent the last 2 days tearing down one of the bedrooms (whole house to be done). we have took it back to brick ready for plaster boarding. i have a few...