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I need to level off the joists with furring strips , theres gaps of around 5mm in between some of the joists Ideally id like everything flat ,not too fussed if it slopes a little I have some 50x25mm strips , what is the best way to level everything off so I don't have a wavey ceiling...

I'm planning to rip up the floorboards, lay 18mm plywood and backer board in an upstairs room I'm turning into a bathroom, there is no ceiling underneath so lots of access The room is stripped bare including plaster A few questions do I need a small expansion gap between plywood sheets...

Whilst my suspended floors are up i'm going to replace the lead water mains I'm accepted onto the free replacement scheme and understand what they want me to do on my end more or less the only trouble i'm having is understanding the ducting and insulation + sealing the pipe on the exit...

My kitchen diner is 9 metres long by 3.6 metres wide 7 metres of the floor is suspended and I'm going to t&g chipboard over the joists, the other or last 2 metres is concrete which isn't flat, I'm going to build a stud wall over about 1.4 metres of the concrete part to make a utility room...

Whilst stripping plaster from a wall a while ago I rather stupidly tried to remove what I thought was just skirting from the stairs that enter my attic, the wood split right along the length and has left a mess , I believe they call the piece it the inner string? is it possible to repair...

I've just put new joists into my attic and I'm just about to stick in the flooring then put in the stud word for eaves cupboards, I have a problem though, the rafters sink slightly towards the centre of the room which will obviously show up if when I plasterboard the room, what is the best way...

I want to insulate my ground floor kitchen / diner, I have some 100mm and some 170mm glass mineral wool, I plan to net the underside of the joists which are 150mm should I stick the 170mm in and compress it with the flooring so it's all tight or use the 100mm and leave a 50mm gap between the...

I have my flooring on the way but having never done this before I'm a bit lost on the best way to lay it, people keep telling me different things the flooring is 18mm t&g p5 and going onto 200x75 joists what screw type ,diameter & length ,should I use? what ctrs should I put them in at...

I've got a load of 2.4x1.2m x12.5mm tapered edge boards to redo my bedroom ceiling , the walls are bare of plaster too but will be done at a later stage I've a few questions before I attempt to start the ceiling should i leave a gap near the walls or butt right up to them? what do I do...

I have been laying new joists in my attic, they're 195 by 75mm x 4.3m finished size around the bay window I need to have a trimmer joist that spans around 2.5m then hang the ends of about 5 joists from it, the trimmer joist will be hung about 100mm from the ends of the joists supporting it...

I'm in the middle of replacing some joists, I have a span of about 7 metres with 4 sleeper walls in between, the joists are in 2 sets, 10@2m and 10@ 5m long x75x150mm all the walls have had new plates bedded in and are pretty level my problem is that a couple of the joists have about a...