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hi there what is the standard practice for filling the cavity gap between the twho skins where a door is going. i have bi fold doors sitting on the outside skin and then have 80 mm insulation and 80 mm screed, should i knock the bricks that are sitting proud out and then fill the gap with...

existing floor is mainly concrete and screed the floor is sloping, should i get a lazer level in first to find out how uneven the floor is?

hi there i need to level about 60m2 of my bungalow so that i can put down 80mm celotex which will have underfloor heating then 80mm screed on top, is there a best way to do this? cheers jon

cheers richard Gyprock Soundblock MR sounds perfect all the work is being done with planning and buiding control i built 60% of my last house and am currently finishing off my seconed build, learning as i go. luckily i did lots of research when i tiles my last bathroom, so am pretty...

hi there Is there any thing i should be doing in regards to water proofing the stud wall ive just built between my bathroom and my living room. im going to use aqua pannel around the show area, but was a bit worried about damp getting through the gap between the top of the bath and the aqua...

cheers roofer, this advice is music to my ears as ive been stressing about this dilema all week i have one other question the GRP Slate dry valley system get deliverd tomorow and im just researching on how to fit it, i get the basics but am a bit confused on fitting the valley boards, i...

hi there im about to start my new roof next week and need a bit of advice on setting out the slates im using marley melbourne interlocking slates and need to know if the slates on the main roof should line up with the slates on an intersecting roof which is slightly lower, do i simply do the...

cheers olden that make sence now the only question i have is when the screed goes down is it ok if it over laps the plastered plasterboard a bit

im getting close to the point in my build where i will be needing to get the floor screeded . currently the build is one big open space which will be divided into rooms, is it best to put the stud work in 1st and screed each room iduvidualy or is it best to just have the whole area screeded...

hello again im soon to start on my extension and am looking for any advice people can give me on my best options for building the flat roof in the attached pics, i know the easy option is a flat roof with furrings on but im going to zinc clad the flat roof and would realy like to get a good...

just want to clarify one point if any one would be so kind about to re-slate a pitched roof with wood sarking on , am i right to 1, put vertical batterns over the wooden sarking 2, breatherble membrain over vertical batterns 3, horizonal counter batterns 4, slates if this is all...

well i didnt want the hastle of removing all the wood sarking + its an old roof and i didnt want to bang it about to much when removing it. is it ok to push the insulation all the way up to the wood sarking on the inside with no air gap

im just starting to get me hewad around the whole roof insulation thing and i have a few questions. most people seem to say that a warm roof involves having the insulation above the rafters, is this correct? secondly after looking at kinspans web site i founf the info below, and what im...