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check with building regs before you start. current regs state that if your removing more than i think its 30% of plaster on an external wall your supposed to bring it up to current U values and get it signed off by regs. doing mine at the min and regs have been happy for me to use...

Cheers for the replies, I'm planning to use mechanical fixing also as recommended by the supplier, they aren't foil backed as such, they have a couple of layers of foil in the middle, the side that sticks to the wall is paper as on a normal board Must confess I'd already done half a wall...

cheers gents, not worried about damp spots as such- the board has 2 layers of foil that should stop damp coming through to the board. there is a thin cavity but only about 20mm but with bricks now and then at 90 degrees to tie the two walls together. the outside wall is rendered in...

i'm going to give a bit of dot and dab a go in my house and have a couple of questions. pva - been told that as its a brick wall thats previously been plastered and stripped bare it needs pva first or it wont stick, yet other posts here say you dont, is there a definitive guide as to when to...

hi, have lots of damaged floor boards in a 1st floor bedroom that need replacing, while i'm doing it i'm wondering about laying a solid oak floor instead of pine. the room is above the kitchen which has several fire rated downlighters, the joists are approx 350mm centres and about 200mm...

hi, was recommended on another thread to use cw1308 cable for telephone, yet searching for this shows massive differences from about 4 pairs to 10 pairs+earth, this is only for a 3 bed semi and i want to future proof it as much as possible but any recommendations on how many pairs i'd need...

Thanks, a 2400 board is perfect height, its just the dodgy width, Boards will be skimmed and I can hide some joints in alcove's which will be behind fitted wardrobes

I'm plasterboarding a couple of rooms with dot and dab but found a couple of odd sized areas: ie one is 1.3m and another is 2.5m - slightly bigger than the boards. am i ok using a 10cm sliver of board on the end as long as its properly fixed or is there a better way, ie laying the board...

cheers, interesting read, so this doesnt say anythinig about mechanical fixings also

not really, cavity is about 10mm as the 2 skins are tied together by bricks turned at 90 degrees. would prefer to skim and paint the ceiling above the shower, would this not need ceiling also?

thanks for the responses guys, to answer the questions 1)shower is prob going to be fastened to the wall above the stairs. left hand side of the alcove in the pic with the air brick at the end. 2)looking to have an l shower bath in the corner- means the waste will be almost in the middle...

photos below of what i'm working with i'll add dimensions later. where there is a studded wall i've used aquaboard, the ceiling is moisture resistant board with the plan to skim this throughout and paint- although i am debating if its better to do directly above the shower with aquaboard and...

i'm led to believe that you can tile directly on to plasterboard, but surely this will wreck the board if you ever take the tiles off. do you need to do any specific prep to the board before doing this. only asking as i have very limited space in the bathroom, and the 10mm of plaster in an...

can anyone tell me how strict you need to be with the use by date of adhesive, due to the weather i've been delayed in some work and now have 10 bags of adhesive with an expiry date of mid feb. mixed a sample and it seemed to to workable for about 60min, but will it affect the strength also...

i have an exisiting window opening that i'm extending by 30cm to make the gap about 1.4m. building regs on an initial inspection advised a standard 8x4 concrete lintel will be fine, the issue is weight and i'm struggling to be able to get a crane in this position to lift it up. who would i...

I didn't think you had to use heat resistant plasterboard, only that there are obvious benefits in doing so

removing tiles etc in a old fireplace i've found that it was basically constructed from putting 2 inch of concrete and ballast directly over a soil base with no dpm. the concrete has cracked over the years- assume due to movement underneath and weight of the fire on top. i'll be having a...

Can't re wire so non are needed unfortunately as we do need a junction box by the looks of it, the chimneys an old one in the kitchen prob from some Old range cooker, not many deposits but again one of concerns. Would th ese deposits degrade the pvc sheath?

skiing? nah, i think this guys more the 2 weeks in benidorm drinking type! cheers, if theres no restriction on them being in the loo my plan is to rewire them while he's off and he can check them when he gets back, junction boxes will be fully accessible with just 2 cables threaded from the...

thanks for the quick reply EFLImpudence, needed to sort this qucik as my sparkys who wired this up's on holiday for 2 weeks and i need it sorting so i can plasterboard the rooms. reading another thread it comments that juncton boxes must be accessible which this def wouldnt be- to get to it...