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Many thanks for the replies and the link.

About to put up some plasterboard on a ceiling ready for the plasterers to skim and wanted recomendations on board layout to minimise the danger of cracks. Knocked up a very simple diag below so commentrs please

The loft extension was put in before we moved in and not insulated as well as it could be and has Artex sloped ceilings. So I am ripping out the old plastrwerboard, adding some celotex and new plasterboard ready for a plasterer to finish. The issue is access for materials. Due to the...

Thanks, I'll stick with a membrane then as it's much cheaper than foil backed.

Adding some more insulation in a loft conversion and therefore need to put up new plasterboard. Any reason to use foil backed plasterboard rather than a separate waterproof membrane and standard boards?

Monday bump in the hope somebody may come back from a happy weekend and want to reply :)

We have a loft conversion which was put in by the previous owners we guess in the late '80s or early 90's. It's a bit tired and could do with an increase in insulation so I was thinking of giving it some TLC and possibly gaining some storage space back The current configuration has pitched...

Re-reading my first post and the new Part P I might have over egged the pudding with the CU move statement. I guess if a circuit is completely removed from one CU and joined into an existing circuit in another CU in the same building that probably isnt notifiable. But if if a circuit is...

I'm sure you have and I have been busy at work and car forums for a while so not been actively lurking here so missed it. I really raised it because Iwas so shocked at how bad this change is and the truly poor analysis it is based on. I agree with what you say for the most part, but at least...

Surely BAS will just point at BS 7671 now :lol:

John, I have just been reading the Changes to Part P (Electrical safety - Dwellings) of the Building Regulations in England Consultation stage impact assessment to try and understand what was trying to be achieved, and the assumptions and basis of conclusions were at best hinkey...

I only dip into DIYNOT occasionally just to see what’s happening and obviously when I need advice from the helpful people on all the forums here or I can actually help. But had 5 mins to spare and thought I’d look at the relatively recently revised Part P. Having read the Approved...

Well I've ordered a pointmaster to give it a try. If its not too bad I'll try it on the side wall after which needs the pointing tidying up. The gaps between the flags are a bit variable so it won't be perfect Nd if I have to hand point at least the tool wasn't too expensive Thanks for the...

A couple of pictures of the flags and joints

The drive is Bradstone concrete flags. I'll have a look in the tools listings as well. Thanks

My drive needs grouting and duff knees and an iffy back means I want to spend as little time doing it as possible. As there is quite a lot to do I wondered if the grouting guns like...

Just to finish off this thread and say a further thanks to Seco Services, here's a pic of the finished job

You're a star. That will do the job nicely, and look much better than what's there now. Thanks.

Thanks that's really helpful. :D Just need to decide which and get to a plumbers merchants. Is there a specific name for those items to stop me looking any more stupid than I already do :lol: Considering the access I will have (from behind rather than from shower side, the cheating 150mm...

I'm probably being very slow, but I still dont see how the dog legs help really. I could use a straight connector from pipe work in the wall which would be easier, bit that still wont fix the mixer to the wall physically. Surely the shower isnt just using the pipework and any pipe supports as...