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No worries mate your just looking to help. Would have been valuable advice otherwise.

The grids have an attached permeable membrane underneath to stop the gravel from mixing.

I'm having my drive done next month using gravel. We're having 1m at the front paved along with the perimeter as a decorative feature. Were using gravel grids with built in membrane from Euro Gravel Grids. In the quote builder spec, 6" hardcore 1" sharp sand 2" gravel

Yeah although technically it's not right they won't be going anywhere fixed to plasterboard with silicone.

So long as the substrate is fine they won't be coming off anytime soon.

Surely so long as it's sound, not crumbling and falling to bits the asbestos is already encapsulated within the board anyway? It seems like a measure your taking so to put your mind at ease you've done the right thing yet probably doesn't need doing especially if your putting up another false...

We've the same plaster in my house I think it's sand, lime and horse hair or similar. You need to get a good fixing in the brick. You've barely touched the brick in that picture. Start your hole nice and small otherwise it'll blow the plaster as it has done. How thicks the material your...

Are there any habitable rooms above the garage and utility room? If so insulating the ceiling void wouldn't make much difference anyway. If you did want to insulate the ceiling fixing insulated plasterboard with long plasterboard screws may be an easier option. Definitely insulate the external...

Presuming they're fixed into joists above I'd board over the top and skim. Obviously this means fixing through the AIB board into the joists which will release a small amount of dust but wear a good filtered max and sheet the room out if you feel necessary. I certainly wouldn't be paying 3k to...

I once sealed a toilet with plumbers mait successfully. For the life of me I couldn't find a pan connector seal to fit my old cast iron soil pipe diameter. I removed the rubber seal and wrapped a good sausage of mait around the plastic insert and shoved it into the soil pipe. Packed it out nice...

Don't waste your money on oak if it's going to be painted. Pine will be fine. Make sure you use knot block on all the knots or they'll show through eventually.

Sorry to hijack your thread. Is MOT 1 really non permeable? I'm having my drive done in October 6" MOT 1 and 2" Gravel using gravel grids with attached membrane. The drive slopes to the house slightly builder says drainage not needed as it's permeable?

Hi there thanks for your time. I'm planning to fit a side gate 3ft x 6ft and small fence bay roughly 4ft x 6ft. I'm going to use concrete posts and attach timber to one side of the post and to the house to hinge the gate. The problem is directly beneath where I'm planning to dig the hole for...

Did you fit the Velux transverse drainage gutter? As the leaks from the top water may have passed your tiles onto the membrane and without the gutter to direct rain around the window it's running down the top of the Velux opening in the timbers. If the tiling is done right rain shouldn't pass...

I've used a mop head with a carrier bag over the top as a perfectly good plunger in the past. Works a treat.

F2 rated facing brick is fine below damp.

Your paying a premium price for a new build. Does that look like premium work? Not at all. Create yourself a snagging list of any problems alongside this and request the developer rectify before you move in.

A quick look says the tiles go down to 17.5 degrees that's got to be close. Tile and halves are available so it could have been done much neater. Being a large developer I presume it's a new build? Looks like a price worked rush job to me with not much pride on show at all.

That's my extension shows the tile and halves to reduce small cuts but as I said not sure if your tile manufacturer does them.