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sounds like a plan to be honest will get some ordered up and delivered and see what i can do from there :D

so as a general consensus whats the best idea 1 - use rockwool - with no messing just shove it in 2 - use 50mm with padding on the studs 3 - use 50mm without padding on the studs the plaster board used will be 12.5mm and im putting up the smaller sheets ( 1800* 900mm ) and will be...

the only thing that worried me is on the edge of the plater board - would it not crack but i suppose you just dont go mad screwing it in the wall was flat anyways ( its already been plastered many moons ago - so the studding has fastened to it no probs ) with no need for packing out...

i have spotted this http://www.cwberry.com/Inquiry_ProductDetails.aspx?ItemNumber=02250088 but not 100% sure if it is suitable for the job or there is this ( which i wanted ) but they dont seem to stock it in 40-45mm sections...

they do !!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh well that helps - i thought they only stocked standard sizes of 50mm 75mm etc.. i got some measured up before in a shop - and they were selling it as 3 inch wide - but it was 80mm - so thats bigger than spec'd ( as it would be around the 75-76mm mark )...

Morning :D i have an external cold wall so im putting up some studding , filling with "something" and then plasterboarding over. I have gone and bought a load of 2*2 to start making the frame and this is where the fun has started i have built the outside of the frame as a starting point...

thats the thing thats preying on my mind - is it actually worth just doing the one wall - the only thing that says its a good idea is that .. 1 - wall with window ( this is insulated when cladded and i have insulated under the window behind the plasterboard via a crawl space ) 2 - the rear...

ref the polystyrene - that was probably bad wording from me !! - i would be looking at using something like : http://www.wickes.co.uk/General-Constructional-Insulation/General-Purpose-Insulation-Slab/invt/161197 which im assuming is a tad better :D is there a reason for putting 50mm...

Hiya i have done some searching and reading and really just want to confirm a few things we are redecorating a bedroom in our house and we are going to get it re-skimmed - so whilst im making a mess i thought i would insulate one of the walls ( and the fact that the room is bloody freezing...

have a read of these - it might help //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=101554 //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=49499 Stu

from a sparky point of view or joe public from the above few posts - we seems to get differening views of what is meant ?

yeah i can appreciate what you are saying :D the whole lot will be replaced - but like i said - from the outside eye - it does read that you can replace a lot of it yourself from my point of view they should give clear advice for the average DIY'er or failing that a diagram tells a...

could i not do it under section 2B 1.B - as the upstairs is a single circuit - or is a single circuit classed as from one plug to another ? the doc that i was reading was : http://www.chorley.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=245&p=0 and if you look at page 26 ( page 27 on the pdf ) it says ...

he he he !! from what i have read so far - it looks like i would have to continue using the 4mm wiring - so that clears that up ( ish !! ) and the upstairs rewire - according to the local regs - it says that you can fix wiring thats not in the kitchen/bathroom/outside without notification...

i have just been reading the local building control and basically for the work i want doing - the council has to be told - but aslong as they chap is registered OK - then he can sign it all off i have to admit its a mine field of what you can and cant do - and they dont make it very clear...

hummm there seems to be some issues regarding fitting an isolator switch regarding who's side is is on etc.. if he is fitting new tails then surely he will have to cut some tags at some point ?? i will ask him anyways - he might say that there is no need for an isolator ( i have read a few...

the quote wont change with me bashing holes in walls or not :( the £2.2k figure is what he has quoted .. and it wont change - so i have to live with that and i thought that the isolator went between the meter and the CU thus allowing you to cut all power to the CU to allow for future...

i thought they had to be in some sort of conduit or cover so that you dont accidentally nail thru them and i assume it makes it easier to plaster over ?

me again !! i just keep thinking of things is it worth while asking for an isolator switch to be fitted whilst the work is being done - so that if any work needs doing in the future then the power to the CU can be completly shut off ?? Stu

i have just sent a list of questions to the sparky : 1 – will you be using a separate lighting feed for upstairs and downstairs 2 – will you use a separate feed for upstairs and downstairs sockets 3 – will the kitchen be on a separate fuse 4 – will the shower be on its on...