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Anyone please? Also, any comments about thermaskirt / skirt board heating? I hate big bulky radiators.

Which should I go? Plaster the wall and then call someone to move the boiler or vice versa?

dear all, I am planning to buy a single room, approx 9.72sqm, (3.6m x 2.7m) retrofit(overlay) UFH kit and there are so many options. Anyone has any experience? What are the things I should look for? Here are the two I am looking at...

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I need to relocate my boiler my 60cm, approx, to another wall. Anyone knows what kind of money I am looking to spend? And I may also have a new radiator to fit(no previous connections)

Got one more quote Today. £400 for 5 points and £400 for fuse box upgrade. Varies a lot. My question is do I have to put in an RCD right now to have the 5 points? I know the safety issues and I really want an RCD protection but can I tie it with fuse box upgrade for a later date when SSE moves...

We need to insulate and plasterboard an external wall. This wall is approx 4m long and the boiler sits on this wall approx 50cm away from the corner. Any ideas what I can do to plaster/insulate/box the boiler space? Picture below:

Anyone has any experience with it? I am considering getting some sockets for charging phones, laptops, bed side lamps(occasional reading). Any pros and cons? Good/not so good brands?

Going more into electrics I think this will now become the main project if I want to do it ideally. As I understand jobs and quotes are: 1. Install 5 points in the bedroom + RCD at the fuse box (no fuse box upgrade) approx £450 2. Install 5 points + RCD + fuse box upgrade (he said...

Thank you for all your answers. No, I don't want to DIY this job. My problem is the 4 out of 5 electricians I contacted were busy till January and I need to finish off insulating and plaster boarding my room soon so we can move out of my child's room. It is very cold as it is down to bare brick...

Yes you are right. Wall will not be plastered soon so there is a good chance sparky will arrive before that. My only worry is he may not have full access from top of the ceiling as this is an extension bit which does not connect very well to the main loft space. But he can pull the wire from...

Hi all, with your help I have attempted DIY plastering. Got the 120x60cm boards and started insulating and boarding the ceiling. I need to to leave cables for 4 sockets and 1 pendant light. My plan is to have little holes in the plasterboard and pull the cables through it. When Sparky arrives he...

Thank you so much for your advice. I will add knauf 100m eko roll from b&Q as base layer in between the ceiling joists as I plaster board. The top it with another 170mm top up roll. I suppose I don't need to bother about vapour barrier because my house has air bricks and the materials are pretty...

Thanks GTH. I am thinking of: 1) screwing a standard 12.5mm plasterboard to the flat joist 2) put rock wool over the 12.5mm plasterboard, in between joists as I board. As my joists are only 100m deep can i still use 300mm rock wool? 3) do i need to cover rock wool with anything on top? 4)...

First of all thank you so much for your advice. You are a godsend. You will help me save £££s and also the bully plasterer that we were planning to hire. I will still have access to the space above but a crawling space. If this helps, this is a rear bedroom of a 2up 2down Victorian mid terraced...

Please will you also suggest which fibreglass I use? Any particular brand, product link will be extremely helpful.

This is for a first floor bedroom ceiling with pitched roof and two external walls. Currently it is all open upto the roof. There are ceiling joists but no ceiling at all. Previous broken fake ceiling is completely removed. I bought the Small 45cm x 120cm cellotex boards as that is the size I...

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I am planning to use 50mm Cellotex insulation boards in between ceiling joists and then 12.5mm plasterboard. IIRC BCO mentioned something about fibre glass. Can't remember if it was for roof or ceiling in addition to 50mm cellotex. Questions: 1. I do not plan to use loft space at all. Should I...

Thank you for all the tips. They are mixing inside and have kept all the bags inside, upstairs. Should I insist on doing the mixing outside? Is it a normal practice. They had to sand down because some electrics were done later so there was filling and blending.