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i have extended my room out by around a meter. With regards to the ceiling do you re-plasterboard the whole ceiling or just the new area and get it all re-skimmed. Pic below, Thanks

I loosened all the screws- won't shift as the thread is pretty much the same diameter as the whole. Surely a bad set up ? I assume all doors need adjustment every now and then!

Hi I purchased a door and fitted it 6 months ago. The door on the inside is slightly lower on the left (hinges are on the right). This causes it to be very stiff. I included a pic of the hinge. It doesn't seem to be adjustable as there are 2 verticals holes and 2 horizontal so it doesn't allow...

There is a flue behind the wall. Yes that 'was' the outside wall. The other side of the breast (internal) will be removed. So it will only leave a single skin wall where the chimney breast was. I did use sheradised nails. Will get a pic asap from above

I chased out a section of my chimney breast so I could chemical bolt my timber bearer that would hold my floor joists. I have now come to the stage I am removing the outer brick work of the chimney breast which has exposed the brickwork inside (that is holding up the timber bearer). The bricks...

Thanks . I did a pva/ water mix as it was very dusty

I am dot and dabbing a wall. The majority of the wall used to be an external pebble dash wall that is now internal. The other part of the wall is plain brick. I have removed/scraped back the majority of the pebble dash. The pebble dash sits proud by about 18mm . The thickness of the adhesive on...

I will do- thank you

So would you suggest 25mm battern? i take it 12.5mm is about the right gap for the adhesive ? So I can just leave the battern on and fix the skirting board to that? Thanks

Is it ok to lay your plasterboard direct off the floor? It will sit on 18mm plywood that's sitting on floor boards. My floor to ceiling height it bigger than the 2400 height of board only by about 60mm . I'm i best putting them on battern or doing them off floor and just adding a bit at the...

So where the 2 do join I will just need noggins under . I'm extended to the side and forward of existing room. Pic included .

Thanks for all your advise. Being that the floor will be carpeted would you advise; Structural Softwood Plywood CE2+ 18x1220x2440mm or Wickes P5 T&g Chipboard Flooring 18 x 600 x 2400mm Obviously the ply is not t&g and wider - not sure if this causes more problems? But from the impression I'm...

Thanks . It is for a bed room. If u go with ply would you suggest toung and grove of just standard ply sheets?

Thanks. So I take it the toung and grove will be stronger . I couldn't get away with cutting down the 8x4 sheets?

The joists spacing is 400 mm. Length of joists are 3 meter. It's rattling and springy towards one side. It was standard chipboard 18mm. When I did it I didn't realise you needed a specific grade of chipboard. The new stuff I was going to order is p5 t&g 18mm moisture resistant. Being that it's...

I have used 8x4 sheets of chipboard to start laying my flooring (stupidly). The floor never felt completely solid and had noise/ and a Spring feel to it. A builder advised me to use t&g 8x2 sheets and glue/ secure with more fixings. I now know it was stupid of me to use standard boards. Would...

Unfortunately I can't bring my chipboard over to sit on the existing joists as the bricks in certain parts are too high. I don't want to do any grinding/knocking about as the new joists are chemical bolted to those bricks. What would you advise to fill to level the chipboard/floor boards...

Update... I finally tracked the SE down. He advised me he didn't calculate roof load when doing the calcs!!! The 152x89 (over 5 meters) was for ceiling weight only. So pis%#d off. It's hard to see how much weight is actually on the lay boards. Few pics. The first 3 are of the existing...

Sorry that was I typo - ' I noticed ' I do have planning permission - I got calcs done. I'm just not sure the SE had taken into consideration that a layboard would be put on existing rafters.

I put an rsj (158x89-16kg) in . It's 6 meters in length - sitting on 150mm either side. It is taking ceiling weight, which is obviously not much. However now I am knocking through unnoticed where the roof has been extended over they have put a layboard on my existing rafters (that were sitting...