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I'm planning to fit 18mm OSB3 (smartply3) structural boards (2.4 x 1.2m) onto joists (spaced 35cm) before floating a solid timber floor above. Any advice please on what screws to use to fix the boards to the joists and the recommended spacing. Many thanks

Thanks for the replies. I'll pop a bit of plasterboad in from above to provide the surface to fill against. Now the question is: what do I fill with? I'm presuming some permutation or combination of bonding or hardwall finished with multifinish or easifill will do the trick but what would be the...

I thought this would have been answered somewhere but I've searched and come up with nothing, so apologies if this has been answered before and I haven't searched properly. I have removed a few downlights from a lathe and plaster ceiling leaving 70mm circular holes. The plaster is a good 2cm...

If this has been answered elsewhere I apologise for asking again. I've done some searches and can't quite find the answer. I'm planning to lay oak flooring in 2 first floor bedrooms. Existing floorboards are pretty wrecked (having been cut numerous times through history). In any event I'm...

Wow, thank you everone for your speedy replies. I'll never know unless I try and am therefore going to find a short course. I'm not overly sure of the rules on advertising but plugging plastering course in London into Google comes up with what appears to be a pukka course close to Romford. Seems...

My first post. We recently bought a huge Edwardian semi and have the luxury of not living there while we carry out some work. We've had a complete re-wire and quite an extensive replumb and have stripped layers and layers of textured paper off walls and ceilings. Ceilings seem to be soundly...