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no Vap barrier is in place, what sort of stuff should i be looking for re the wooden floor? Lay it directly over the TG boards then underlay as normal? Thanks for the advice

quite a large area, not just patching.. the sheds are still selling it but is it too late to lay it ths year?

Right... I am preparing the floors in my extention for the final coverings. Iv gone around the borders with Hilti foam (massive difference in sound and drafts) but now am wondering how to prepare the act surface area for the following coverings. 1) Underlay and Carpet (does this need any...

id guess so, your only "allowed" to use it for storage without regs but i wont tell them

Their own brand in the white tin with orange lettering is oil based and good for the job Monkeys!

good tips there! iv got to get stuck into some of this the morra!

we can put man on the moon but we cant make a (stay) white paint. i give up

do you mean celotex board or similar pinned to the underside?

hi, iv just bought a 3 bedroom semi. iv been up in the loft and there is nothing fitted under the tiles, must have just been the way they where constructed in those days. the drafts and dirt coming in is immense. whats the best thing to do to improve things. i want to stop the dirt and...

hi, iv just bought a 3 bedroom semi. iv been up in the loft and there is nothing fitted under the tiles, must have just been the way they where constructed in those days. the drafts and dirt coming in is immense. whats the best thing to do to improve things. i want to stop the dirt and...

i was using one of those tools, the stanley version but it wasnt having much success. no matter how much soaking i was doing this wasnt helping once i got to the layer of emulsion. we where talking about taking hammers to the wall and taking it back to the brick as it was taking so long...

cheers will try this tomo

I have started stripping some wall paper, its normal bog standard backing paper and it came of ok-ish. Then iv discovered what i thought was the bare wall is in fact backing paper from many years gone thats been painted with emulsion! this has created a skin on the backing paper thats almost...

get your building passed off THEN put the speakers in, thats what i am doing

The bathroom is currently bare stud walls and chipboard flooring. I plan to put 12mm Hardi BB on the studs... i want the floor sorted before i put the boards up as ill get a tighter fit with boards sitting on the floor rather than cutting the floor to fit around the boards... What do i put...

i wabt to flatten a old coal house thats attached only to my side of the house, its single brick and non use at the moment. i was to rebuilding using breeze block cavity walls and render. this will then be used as a utility room for the kitchen. will i need planning for this if if i...

oooh matron

is this packing to stop mosture transfer?

iv got a similar problem with outhouse tho his one is connected to my house... i think flatterning and rebuilding using breeze block and a cavity is the best solution. would i need planning for this? the new outhouse will be slighty larger than the old, and probs classed as habitable where as...

iv just had 65 sq mts done on my front drive 4 months ago. Its amazing. The ****** you read on here slagging of PC is from trolls who you can bet your life live in flats lololol Its clean, looks good and I have bo "forgot" all about the drive i wont do anything to it for a couple of years...