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that is correct :) When I bought the house they kindly included the drawings for the extension but I don't think it states what to use for the stud wall, can double check though. I'm just curious as to why they added a stud wall to a 2 skin extension and if it serves a purpose as if it...

Hi loply, thanks for the reply. Not sure on what size studs/battens have been used. With the sizes you quoted would the 3" or 30mm be the depth of the wood? If so then the gap between stud wall and brick isn't 3" deep going from past experience of drilling into it

I have a 2 up 2 down with a single storey extension on the back for the kitchen and bathroom. The extension has 2 skins, with the inside having a stud wall all the way around. The plasterboard is starting to crack in the joins, possibly due to age as if it has been up as long as the extension...

Morning all, Looking at replacing the fencing at the bottom of my garden with a non retaining wall made out of block. The size would be approx. 2.7m in length and 2m high, and the block would be standard 100mm blocks. one end would be connected to an existing wall, and the other end will have...

that's what he said, the bits being redone were cracked and visible, or had come off when the skirting was removed (the previous owners decided to nail the skirting to the wall). It's just this one bit that came off when I removed the skirting board, would ideally like to repair it ready for...

evening all, Had a plasterer come round today to price up getting some blown plaster repaired. He said to remove the old plaster that I want replacing prior to him coming next weekend. I started on one patch in my dining room, removed the skirting board which pulled off some of the blown...

Prepped the plaster in my bathroom with a mist coat of leyland contractors matt emulsion ready for applying the top coat. We have got some wickes bathroom paint which they say is an acrylic eggshell paint. After the mist coat dried I decided to apply some of the bathroom paint to a test area...

Morning all, just wanted to check the best way to prep plaster prior to painting. Basically the previous owners had painted the bathroom walls, and when we went to put our new paint on it puilled the old paint off to bare plaster. We have since removed all of the old and new paint so...

In my hallway by the front door I have 2 patches of effloressence on the walls. The side that is worst is where our next door neighbours alcove porch is. I suspect that this wall is geting wet and damp due to having no cover, but I was wondering what the best course of action is. Would it be...

that's what i was thinking to maximise air flow :)

cheers for your help hugh. I will be solvent welding the pipework as the other method of fixing doesn't seem to be very good. With regards to the cleaning eye, I will have a look into it although the length from the washing machine to the back wall is about 5 foot so if i need to unblock it then...

I will shortly be in the progress of redoing our bathroom which currently doesn't have an extractor fan. Because of this we have had little bits of condensation gathering on the ceiling in the 2 of the corners causing a smidgen of damp. One of the patches is directly above the bath, the other on...

cheers hugh. We are redoing the bathroom and are going to replace the pipework for the bathroom anyway as it's bodged from the previous owners and I know the outside pipe is knackered. The pipe inside that runs from the washing machine and sink already runs at a slope so would it just be a...

As you can see in the picture, on the right is the soil pipe along with a pipe that has the bathroom sink and washing machine waste, which is 1 pipe i want to put into the soil pipe. Then on the left you have the kitchen sink waste, and behind the waterbutt is the bath waste, and then the...

Here is a picture of the back of the extension:

cheers for the replys chaps. Unfortunately I can't use the waterbutt overfill device due to the nature of where it's positioned. I will take a picture of the area in question so you can see what a mess the pipework is :lol: I did think that the miniline may not be able to handle too much...

Evening all, My house is an old style 2 up 2 down with the kitchen and bathroom in a downstairs extension. The 2 sinks and bath waste run along the outside of the house to above a drain at the back of the extension where they empty. Because of this I have 3 sets of pipes running to the same...

thanks for the advice. I presume there will be no problems in applying the WP1 to painted plasterboard?

cheers for the reply. I wouldn't use tubbed adhesive but any recommendations for the bagged adhesive?

I am in the process of replacing my standalone bath with a normal bath so that we can shower. The bathrom just has painted plasterboard walls which I know are no good to tile straight onto as water could get behind and cause them to come off. The tiles have already been purchased for the...