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I have found out from building control that the wall used a 'robust detail' wall and that they can be ineffective when there aren't enough 'dot and dabs' between the plasterboard and wall. I think this is what happened as when I knock the wall it is loud and the plasterboard seems to be...

My hearing isn't great still the TV isn't particularly loud. The existing wall is a light weight aircrete(thermalite/celcon) cavity wall with plasterboard dot and dabbed on to it. Do you think just another layer of soundbloc would have good results? It would cost a lot less on materials which...

I have just looked at the door .... f##king guy I had staining it decided that the top and bottom of the door didn't need treating ...... After I told him that the most important bits were the end grain. I want to kill every builder I have ever worked with. (ok that was just for dramatic...

Hi, I live in a new build house with a lovely timber front door. Its pretty exposed and now that the weather has gone cold the door has started to bend inward at the top and bottom. The door is sealed with a dark wood stain. Now there is a draft at the top and bottom of the door :-(...

I'm looking at doing it myself as money is tight but I really don't want to reduce the size of the room too much. The M20AD seems easiest to install and thinnest and has had certified tests on its soundproofing performance which I can't find for other products. I have got a pair of head...

Hi All, I have just rejoined the 20th century ;-) and bought a TV after not having one for years. I live in a terraced house and my neighbours have started complaining. I don't listen to the TV loud at all but my neighbours think I must be deaf as they can hear it all. I've been looking...

Hello everyone, The reason I don't want to paint it is that I like the look of 'natural render and think it goes really well with the cotswold natural stone walls. As the stones said 'you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might just get what you need' I...

Thank you everyone for your input. I really do appreciate it. It has been a real nightmare the rendering on the dormer windows. First I got a plasterer to render a bunch of the windows, It was unbelievably bad, huge cracks and he made a total mess of the roof the tiles now have render all...

Hello again, Here is anther picture.

I have had the rendering done a some new dormer windows and to my inexperienced eye it looks like a load of rubbish job with uneven colour/shade to the render. It was the second set of dormers that they had rendered for me and it was in the warm snap that we had in April 2011. The first set...