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Hi, I have had mixed feedback on this. Hopefully a helpful expert on here will be able to help me! I have pulled my old 1930s skirting off the wall. Behind the skirting is the original brick. I now need to attach small strips of plasterboard (probably 4 inches in height) to cover up the...

Hi, I wish to board my empty loft. In order to do this, from what I have read on here I should add 4x2 battens running perpendicular to the existing joists spaced 400mm apart. I should then have insulation in-between the existing joists, and a crossing layer in between the new battens. Then...

Hi, I am having a nightmare and need some advice. I had my dinning room replastered. Poor plastering job to be honest. The walls are not very level, so when I fitted my coving (covemaster, polystyrene paper wrapped coving) I had to use large amounts of adhesive to fill the varying gap sizes...

I have brought a wall hung electric fire to replace my gas fire. I am now ready to brick up (& vent) the fire place. To make the new fire look perfect I want to hide the cables. However this does not appear to be a simple task..... Firstly if you cut the 3 pin plug off the fire, even to...

Hi, I live in a 1930's semi which only has a single skin of brickwork separating the joining property. I therefore wish to build in some soundproofing as I am currently redecorating. I only have an available 'soundproofing wall' thickness of 8.5cm (just over 3 inches) available. I...

Hi, I have taken out a loud bearing wall. Building control have been and inspected the works and have said it is ok. They did suggest for added security to fit an L shaped wall plate strap. I am struggling to to see how and were I would fit this and why it would give any benefit? Could...

Hi, I am hoping someone will put my mind at ease. I have had a load bearing wall removed today (by professionals not myself). The job has been done properly, plans, calculations, building control application etc... The wall removed was a single skin wall, and the opening is 2m wide. The...

I have recently brought a property which has a old conservatory / extension at the back with a flat roof. I want to put up a new plasterboard ceiling in this room to replace the cardboard tiles which are on the ceiling. Upon removing the tiles I have found: * Paper layer with one side film...

Hello, I re-insulating my cold flat roof. I am leaving a 50mm air gap between the decking and the insulation and ventilation as required. But I also need a vapour barrier to go between the plasterboard and the insulation. I am having trouble finding any vapour barriers? Are they called...

Hi, I am going through the correct channels to have an internal load bearing wall removed. I had the structural engineer visit to measure up for the calculations, during his visited he explained that the wall won’t be a problem, but when building control visit to inspect and sign off the...