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That made me chuckle... Apparently the arches hold up.... If you've got a plasterer coming in afterwards, they do prefer if they have a clean line , so where all the jagged knocked of plaster is, just get an angle grinder and square it all up, then they have a nice straight line to go upto.

Dust mask, wire brush and a hard scrub. Hopefully you will like the end result. If you don't, you have at least prepared the area for something else. When I did mine, I mixed lime mortar and sand and got a plasterer to cover my bricks as they were in poor condition. It went on 1" thick and in 2...

I'd go diamond too. However, quite a few Masonry ones will also allow you to go through a bit of metal too.

I am doing a full house renovation ( rewire / replumb / skim / decorate ). I am attempting to avoid the expense of knocking the whole kitchen area down, putting footings in and then building onto the exact same footprint. At the moment the kitchen area is a single skin brick extension (...

Hi, I've got a few door ways that are quite deep. One example is :- Room A 12.5mm Plasterboard 25mm Batten 25mm Celotex 225mm Brick 25mm Cavity 100mm Stud 25mm Celotex 12.5mm Plasterboard Room B NOTE: The build up is odd, as it's a complicated junction that's having to take into account...

I've refurbished a few terrace houses and I have to say and old school fix seemed to work out the best... Strip the wall back to brick. PVA and then Sand/Cement the wall to about 1". Then put a skim coat over that. If your able to, put a thicker coat on. Cheap, a little messy but simple...

If you buy then sell second hand scaffolding (Like Eiger 500) you will perhaps loose £50-£100. You could buy new scaffolding stuff (http://www.beaver84.co.uk) and then re-sell as nearly new. I was buying at about £11 for a 3.9m plank of scaffolding board. You could even go for a mix. You WILL...

Yes, I think I need to shop around :) I was considering resilient bars, but it's on a 38 deg ceiling and I really can't be bothered, if it was a normal flat ceiling I would have considered it.

Ah ok :-) At bare min I'm going to double board it. If I can I've used a sound deadening material :- http://www.customaudiodesigns.co.uk/tecsound-acoustic-membrane.htm That I've used before and it's stunning !! I'd only use it in one area, as it's expensive. I will also see if the building...

Yes. But now I'm talking about sound proofing it.... It's all water tight and insulated within an inch of it's life. But I started a different thread, as it's a different conversation.

Hi, I've done a warm roof. But, I think I've screwed up a little. I've done 60mm over the joist and 60mm (the max) between the joist. All well and good. I've suddenly realised how **** PIR is from an acoustic point of view. Alas, Building Control are reluctant to allow me to throw some rock...

I've got a roof and I want to add a bit of sound dampening by using a double layer of plasterboard. As I'm a skin flint, I will use one of sound bloc, and one of normal 12mm. As far I understand when you put the sound boards up, you don't sit them 'tight' together, but leave a slight gap that...

Steels in, Starting to stud out. In the end not so worrying. But thanks for everyone's advise.

Oh, I know that.... Alas, these it didn't happen with !! I'd requested holes every 600mm. However, seeing as they guys came onsite, cut the four vertical 90mm posts to height, welded the plates and then cut to size four horizontal 5m long steels, fitted and bolted and two already pre-drilled at...

Thanks. I'd go for the heaviest density kg/m2 I can get (within limits as you can get some 90kg stuff). I'll wait and see if BC will allow a deviation. I'll keep you informed.

Picture of underside of roof prior to PIR being installed between rafters.

Hi, I've got a Warm Roof 100m2. 8mm Slate Batten Breathable Mem Batten (holding PIR down) 60mm PIR 145mm Joists 60mm PIR between, held in with 50x25mm batten Vapour Barrier Plasterboard Skim Due to reg's, I am not allowed to put any additional insulation material between the joists. In...

I've had to drill 26 x 2 5mm holes in a load of steels. The first side took ages and I thought about the problem. I've attached a picture of how I did the second side. So, but using a thin bit of timber and leverage it was bloody easy !! Of course, I was holding the drill whilst drilling - I...

Roof cut. Steel onsite, we will cut and fit on Monday.

Please don't say measures includes crossing your fingers !