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Also, if i have to use the 12.5mm fireboard can it be dot and dabbed? thanks...

Hi, sorry if you read a similar topic by me but I can't seem to find a conclusive answer. I am renovating and old terrace house and and taken most of the old plaster off and back to brick, then dotting and dabbing and skimming. My big question is - should I be using fire resistant boards or...

All i'm doing is taking the internal walls back to brick in a terraced house and using plasterboard as a base then skimming over (dot and dab + a skim 8.5mm boards or there about). I also have to screw some boards onto the joists on the dining room ceiling and then skim it and a few other...

Thanks for the replies. I did wonder though, Are the fireboards necessary in a normal terrace house? To me, it doesn't seem they are that common as they're a order only item at my local builders merchant, and wickes/b+q don't have them in. I'm probably thinking to much about this, but why don't...

Hi, I wondered how often do people use the fire resisitant plasterboard as opposed to the normal stuff? Is it common to use it to dot and dab in a regular terraced house or is more used for new build flats and such like? Is it still ok to use the normal boards in a terraced house because they...

Hi, I have taken an internal living room wall back to brick as the existing plaster was crumbling and knackered. Some of the mortar looks a bit tired so I am going to fill the mortar gaps. As I'm no brickie, I thought it might be simpler just to skim the exposed bricks and mortar with a concrete...

This is probably going to sound really stupid, but am I right in thinking that plaster of any sort (old style internal cement render in this case) has nothing to do with the structure of the building and does not support the walls/ceilings in any way? I presume that the bricks and mortar...

This is probably going to sound really stupid, but am I right in thinking that plaster of any sort (old style internal cement render in this case) has nothing to do with the structure of the building and does not support the walls/ceilings in any way? I presume that the bricks and mortar...

Hi thanks for the replies. I can't work out how to post pics :oops: ! It is a Wylex board. From left to right. 4 switches (MCB's?) that are protected. Shower (off) maybe because we don't use electric shower. Kitchen sockets (on). Sockets upstairs (on). Sockets ground floor (on). Then a big blue...

Hi, I can't find a decent answer to this anywhere. If the copper pipes in a bathroom are altered and now include push-fit elbows + tee's etc, to me this breaks the continuity bonding. I heard that these fittings should be bridged with green/yellow earth wire. The question i have is that why do I...

Hi, I can't find a decent answer to this anywhere. If the copper pipes in a bathroom are altered and now include push-fit elbows + tee's etc, to me this breaks the continuity bonding. I heard that these fittings should be bridged with green/yellow earth wire. The question i have is that why do I...

Hi, I recently moved in to a new house with a usable cellar. The wall mounted RCD consumer board (contains loads of little mcb's)is located there and in is fairly new (2003). The thing that concerns me is that it states which circuits are RCD protected. Unfortunately, it states that the wall...