Search results

Great thanks :) make it sound easy. How would I leave a 10mm air gap between the battens and the wall /ceiling - spacers? I'm overboarding the ceiling plaster and lather so would I still need to leave an air gap between the battens and the plaster and lathe?

Hi, I'm trying my hand at battening and over-boarding a bathroom in an old 1930s semi we've recently moved into. At the same time I'm knocking the toilet and bathroom into one. I've started with the bathroom - removed old plaster and lathe from the internal timer frames ready to put up new...

I guess all I'm really asking is whether I can secure the new door frame to through plaster to the brick wall. Or do I need to hack the plaster away and secure directly to the brick?

Hi, I'm looking for some advice please. I'm looking at knocking a separate bathroom and toilet into one bigger room. I want to go from A to B. I'm fairly sure the wall between the 2 isn't supporting, it's running the same way as the joists and it's just a wooden frame covered by plaster...

Here is the layout

Hi, my wife and I have only bought new properties in the past but are now looking at an older house that needs some attention. The main problem is the kitchen. We'd like to know whether it's possible (and how much we'd be looking at) to knock through the kitchen into a the back end of the...