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Me neither, but he inadvertently bumped by post, so maybe I should thank him. :lol:

I think the telly programs have been correct in that workers continually exposed to asbestos as part of their jobs were at particular risk, and also their wives as they washed their clothes, and finally, whole groups of households near to (unfiltered) air extraction outlets used by the...

I have thermal blocks that I want to plaster over. Unfortunately every guide I've seen recommends either battens and plasterboard or dabs and plasterboard. I've never seen any guides to doing it the 'old way'. Obviously the latter will take longer, but suppose I really want to go through...

No, but I wouldn't fancy what it might do to my lungs it in a confined space. I would cut through the conventional way and only use it for tidying up the edges, if anything. The particles may irritate you from the cutting (if you're like me), but a cheapo mask should be good enough to stop...

Not freaking, just wanted to know if I might have damaged the SB. I guess I'll only know when I take it out, but that'll be at the end of the job. Woody says yes, I've tightened it too far, you say no, stop freaking. Any other votes or will that remain a split decision? :lol:

Please do not call anyone. The guy's a lying toe rag (not phatboy, your gardner bloke!) and would produce receipts if he wasn't. It's not your job to research topsoil prices, it's his to prove his costs. Please don't waste even 5 minutes of your time to do that! regards, Simon.

Hi Woody, The latter would imply the SB had been hammered in? It wasn't because the mortar is all shot to sh*t. I raked out the morter with a drill and vacuum cleaner (no way was I going to hammer it in with the state of this wall). My brick of choice (to put the SB under) is also not...

I found a bread knife works best. One of the ones with the smooth serrations :).

Searched the forum, but couldn't find anything obvious. I'm a weedy f***er, certainly no builder by trade, so I cranked the acrow as tight as I could go (without leaning against it that is). The strongboy plate tip bent by about 5mm away from horizontal. Certainly acrow and and SB are not...

gardendiyer: There is no way he's winning this court case. The fact that he didn't produce the receipts indicates he has no clue about the legal system, or he's just bluffing. Even if it was an ESTIMATE and he didn't produce receipts, he may still find it difficult to win such a case. I know...

I've been perusing BS7671, and it contains a lot of useful information, however it misses a few things which are perhaps learnt by experience. For instance, for T&E there's a difference in derating depending on where in the stud wall it runs (against the plasterboard or in the insulation)...