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Even if the building inspector isnt involved i would definately advise you to do this. I wont cost you much more but will be a lot safer. Splinter has some good advice. Andy

Hi, You really need to get the floor as level as you can, as its suprising how much you can feel under foot. As a prvious poster siad i would knock the top course of bricks off and level the wall and fix a wall plate. And again where the joists pass through holes in the wall, do what...

Hello mate, i am currently doing the same thing myself. The original ceiling was 3x2 which i was going to go over the top with using 8x2 at right angles. The 8x2 would be supported using joist hangers into the wall. However i decided to rip the whole ceiling down and used 8x2 bolted to the...

Brian as far as i am aware timber floorboards are purely structural and not really for decorative use ie knots drop out etc plus you have to have a wacking great screw in the middle of them. But yes an industrial sander from somewhere like hss hire will do the job but it will be very noisy to...

Hi mate get good quality boards and they should dry in 2 weeks. When fitting them use floor board clamps and when you screw, angle tthe screw to hold it against the previuos board if you get what i mean. dont nail use screws. Andy

Hi mate, i had some asbestos sheeting rmoved from my outbuildings and was quoted £20 a sheet or bag of bits and £400 half a days labour. When i asked him about the labour charge he advised me that beacause insurance and wages were so high, he had to charge this much. So I decided to...

Hi i am ready to fix cellotex to my roof rafters to complete a loft day room, the roof is felted and the tiles are about 6 years old so the roof is in good nick. the cellotex i have is 100mm thick i was thinking of cross battoning the rafters with 4 x2 and then fitting the cellotex in between...

Having recently converted a loft/ dayroom well actually a music studio/ guitar storage area, i want to knock a window in the gable end of my house. do i need planning permision or can i just do it under a building notice? Cheers Andy

hi guys im no flooring expert but the company i work for manufactures paper and vinyl wrapped mouldings like the ones pictured above used on the edge of the stairs. The only advice i can give you is dont use these on the stairs for the following reasons, paper is only used for decorative...

hi mate thanks for that, i see what you mean but is there not a way to eliminate those waste pipes running round the wall? Andy

Hi mate, thanks for the reply. when i said new, i meant they are already in and fitted including the inspection chamber, its just the batroom where i have the problem of these strap on bosses. If i build a substack in the corner then surely this will be too high to collect the shower and bth...

yes mate, that is the quickest easiest way, but he was asking about timber studwork in his original post. Andy

Static, the inspection chamber is new as is the en suite and all the blue pipe, also the brown pipe from the bathroom, also the pink rainwater pipe. The only old things are my neighbours drain and the main green pipe. Please help me :cry: Andy

hi guys i have drawn another diagram, its basically a cutaway of my house showing the internal soil pipes etc. the blue line is a soil pipe which runs from a durgo valve in the loft, to an ensuite upstars, between the floor joists, down the kitchen wall, underground then to the inspection...

hi mate, thanks for the reply i have done a search on sub stacks but cant really find anything. Dont mean to be a pain but i am in quite a muddle so any further help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Andy

yes mate that should do the job, although i would hire a better one for the day from a hire shop, tell them what you are doing and they will sort you one out. Andy

hello mate, just to give you some ideas (i have never used fermacell) but have batonned out an entire house. The way i did it was by using roofing or slate lath which is an inch thick my advice would be: Construct a frame from the lath, i made them 1200 wide with 4 battons screwed at 400...

thanks guys, just wanted to check before i attempt the job. Cheers Andy

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thanks for the reply how do you suggest i do the drainage without the bosses i have drawn a diagram below: [/img]http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=main/8/21216101344.jpg&s=f10 The bathroom is ground floor, the soil pipe is represented by a blue line and i was thinking to run the bath...