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are the thresholds external or are they internal between rooms ????( as in older style houses) if external , use hardwood , if internal use mdf ( or real timber) mdf is actually hardwearing and will take knocks better than timber,( high heels for example) :lol:

the difference is that a stud wall will have 30 mins fire protection with the plasterboard!! but i were you i would just do it , it might be a problem if the partition was running the full height of the house ( as in timber framed...

if you lay the joists internally , lay so that they dont touch any external walls ( leave off 25mm ) , i dont see any reason why you would need airflrow, you should not have damp in the house .. i would lay the joists on a dpm ( just to make sure ) or dpc , like brick layers use , and make sure...

hi , just one thing to add , have you thought of the possibility of condensation???

hi, sorry to disagree with biffvernon but i dont think your problem has anything to do with modern materials , its probably more to do with your application of them...although i dont know the answer without looking at the window im sure it would be obviuos to a tradesman if he looked at it ...

no competition , estwing is the pros choice , 99% of joiners carpenters/joiners i work with use them , unbreakable , 20oz a good compromise!!

to be honest , in the last three years of site work ( house building and renovations ) i cannot remember using timber for the arcs and skirts :shock: .. the style that is widely used now in modern apartments is square cut mdf ( no moulding to it) , just flat board, plain and unfussy ..

i will second that :)

that would probably delay theives for an extra 20 seconds max. in my opinion :shock: ..to be honest i would just swing the door inwards as traditional but put on a solid door ( if security was that much in doubt ) , i have put on solid door blanks before on business premises and screwed the...

it means that i have repaired outwards opening doors that have been forced open by a thieving scum , mainly through forcing the lock ....cheers les

the problem with opening a door outwards is the fact that the lock can be forced easier, repaired loads where it has been done !! ...

hi ,now you know why MDF is widely used and loved :lol:

if you need to dispose of the asbestos, phone your local council and chances are that they will dispose of it for you , free of charge , our council do , as long as its sealed in plastic bags :D

gripfill is a trade name for the gun applied thick adhesive that you will fix the dado to the wall with !!!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a tad more info might be handy. Is it going to bear weight? will it get wet? what is the purpose of the upright. Sorry - I'm not being awkward - the answer may well depend on what the use is. great minds...

hi , what is the post for , for example, where will the forces be on it ?? downward or sideways ??, you could drill a couple of metal dowels into the concrete and the timber and fix it that way with two pack chem fixing , depends on your resources or how about building an 18mm ply box that the...

hi , just goes to show , despite popular belief that MDF is not banned in the USA !!! use just normal pva or you can use mitre bond adhesive with an aerosol activator .

try these two links ... www.tyvek.com www.ebuild.co.uk cheers :lol:

hi , just been reading this thread with interest :) , might as well add my own opinions , firstly , i think the garage that you are making looks top notch 8) , a leak like yours is hard to track without actually seeing it in the flesh!!! however , if you are planning on taking off the boards...

hi , if it was me personally i would use pellets( like softus suggested) , you could get the grain matching up to make the pellets blend in near perfectly, or at least use the odd nail as woody suggested :) ... bear in mind that the gripfill ( or pink grip which i prefer) only sticks to the...