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Hello again, Thanks to both Blagard and Mikric for your help. Very much appreciated. Thanks also to Macadonald - it may have been one of your threads I got the DPM sheet advice from in the first place. I did consider a DPC layer, but didn't do it in the end - I hope that decision doesn't...

Evening All, Almost finished building 1m high block retaining wall in my garden. I've read through many threads on here about waterproofing prior to backfilling, and I've used the advice about Black Jack, DPM, etc on the soil side. What exactly is 'protection board'? I know its to...

Hi All, I am building a retaining wall in my garden, mostly out of leftovers from extension build. I plan on putting some steps in, but there is a triangular 150mm (ish) void inbetween blocks where the footings intersect. - slabs or blocks will be laid over the top to form the steps. Would...

Hi all, I am planning a 1m high retaining wall in our back garden. The wall will be around 13m long, and is to allow us to level the garden and form a 1.5m wide path around the rear of the house. I am looking to put 3 or 4 flush mounted lights into the wall to light the path. The light...

Thanks for your help. The wall needs to be 3.1m long with a door opening at one end. Aside from the screed floor fixing, the studwork will be fixed to thermalite block walls at either end, and the head plate will be into a steel beam. Cheers, Paul.

Hello all, I need to build a stud wall in our extension. The floor is 75mm flow screed, polythene barrier and 70mm Celotex on a concrete base. There is no underfloor heating. Can the timber sill plate be plugged/screwed directly into the screed, or is there another recommended method...

Neither our next door neighbour or ourselves were living here twelve years ago, so no real idea when his conservatory was built. Even when he bought his place next door three years ago, it was sold as ‘detached’, despite it joining our garage. A tad annoying that we may have to ask his...

Hi all, The previous owner built a garage down the side of our semi detached house. The garage overlapped a side window in the dining room. The window itself was never removed or blocked up. It is still glazed and exposed on the inside of the garage, and inside the dining room it is...

Great - thank you for the advice fellas! Cheers, Paul.

Hi All, After building an extension, I have to replace a short run of retaining/boundary wall between our house and next doors garden. Our extension forms part of the retaining wall, and its outside wall is suitably waterproofed etc on the neighbours side as his garden is around 600mm...

Cheers to all of you for your help - dot and dab it is then!

By wet plaster, do you mean plaster straight to the thermalite wall?

Hi All, I'm currently building an extension and I'm trying to plan how to plasterboard the thermalite block walls. Which would be the best way to go; dot-and-dab straight to the walls, or fix to battens? Maybe there's a better way? Any help or advice would be very greatly appreciated...

Does that mean it's no good for flooring then?

No it's 2.4 x 1.2 square edged ply, 11 layers thick and 18mm.

Hi Noseall, Corrected my original post. Hopefully clearer now (that's what happens when I type tired, cross and not had me tea!) Cheers, Paul.

Hi All, This is only a quick one! Was planning to lay ten 18mm WBP flooring on new extension first floor joists this weekend. I specified and ordered the 2.4 x 1.2 sheets on monday, and just got in from work to see sheets have been delivered. However, delivery note says: "B/BB Ply WBP...

Thanks for your replies - very helpful and much appreciated! Cheers, Paul