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as i see it my options are to overboard it with cement board or moisture resistant plasterboard or knock off the plaster and board the wall? the wall will have a bath all the way along it and be tiled floor to ceiling Either way, whats the best method of fixing plasterboard and cement board...

ceiling finished ready for plaster today, a few small bits to finish off before the plasterer arrives but shouldn't be too long

I was able to complete the frame for the ceiling last night, so tonight's job is to fit the rest of the plasterboard up and re measure and re fit the spots.

Finally bringing us up to date, we started on a new ceiling in the kitchen, the original was very wavy and about 4 inches higher at one side compared to the other, so we have created a frame and my jobs this week are to complete the frame and attach all the plasterboard. Currently were...

During the recent months we have planned and ordered the kitchen, which has arrived and has forced our hand into a few more jobs, firstly we needed the boiler moved, in order to do that i needed to plan the kitchen down to the cm and we had to remove the bath! Then the boiler move...

We then had the walls removed downstairs, forgive the massive mess that is our home, and i fitted a UPVC back door that i got for free from a family member, which was as good as new. then recently came the house re wire, with new lights and stuff to boot! upgraded the lighting on the deck

Thought i would update this thread, the progress is slow, down to finances but things have taken off a bit lately and we are in the middle of a very messy stage in the house build. the first big project we did at the end of last year was to install a shed detailed in the following link, i...

I will soon be ripping out the rest of my bathroom in order to replace it with all new and change the basic layout. As i will be doing most of this myself, I intend to use a mixture of copper and plastic. I need to buy in as much as possible of the required piping to get this started so i was...

how thick should the plywood be for the floor? if im tiling the floor should i definitely cementboard / aquaboard above it? if im tiling the plaster on the solid wall would it not be better to tank it or remove it and replace with cemend board? I assume plaster on walls would absorb moisture...

Quick Sketch of the idea with bath measurements, had another measure of the room and its 150 wide 152 with plaster removed on outside wall, and its 270 long

Hi, I was hoping to get some help and advice on planning a bathroom. I should note this will be a first ever attempt, but im ok with DIY and have quite a lot in the way of tools, being competent enough to remove a radiator from pressurized system and cap the pipes and fit connections for a dish...

found a pretty big leak lastnight was enough to hear it, have bandaged it for the time being but plumber booked to do a whole bunch of work in the next few days. I put some thick rubber inside the clip to seal it, which seems to have done the job. i imagine there are more leaks around there too

ill defo investigate the joists and post some pics for you in the next few days, unfortunately didn't get chance lastnight. ill dig up the channel as soon as i get a chance, and take a look in there plenty of mess at the moment as there is a rewire going on

hi ree, sounds good ill report back here with some more pics or various bits, I have a feeling there maybe no DPM, I think the raised floor is above a concrete slab as opposed to soil or stone which i believe some can be. So for the part of the kitchen where they filled in the raised floor they...

OK so further investigations tonight and answers to the above questions 1. yeah its just the photos they both have cavities, the wall taken out was a single brick wall, which hasnt exposed either cavity in the picture. 2. yeah that's the rising main, it comes in at a strange angle from under...

Here is a pic the last time you could see outside, i built a deck this year in that area, the wall under the patio door looks wet, but thats because we had literally just pulled back 3 - 4 inches of ground to dig down. you can see ive set a paver on concrete in that corner (top left of image)...

ok great thanks for that!

here is the context of the location, just has a wall knocked down near the pipes, but the damp predates any of this work

can anyone tell me what this black stuff is on the floor in my kitchen, the floor is concrete and this stuff runs under all my kitchen units and under the lino. doesn't appear to be tile, more like a paint or glue? but not sure why that would be under the kitchen units. do i need to pull it up...