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thanks for this - i'll go with oil, and leave it till spring to do it!

Hi hope you are well, thanks in advance for your help. I have built a deck out of the below, it says it is class 4 Tanalith E treated. I like the colour of the wood as it is. https://www.trade-point.co.uk/departments/goodhome-lehmi-pine-deck-board-l-2-4m-w-144mm-t-27mm/5059340053295_TP.prd Do...

ahh. good point. i didn't mean to imply that this will be easy!! which fibre system did you use?

my thinking is: cut board to size. figure out where wood supports are- they should be dead straight and i can tell where they are when board is up by putting markers on wall, there are only 1 at each edge and 1 in middle, all on long edge. drill fibre holes paint board stick fibres...

did you paint the board before sticking the fibres through?

should be about 450mm centres by the time i have built a stud next to it. so one down the middle is fine . im only lifting 1 piece of 12mm in place , 900 x 2400. shouldnt be too heavy?

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wow thats great mate, thanks. im away for a week, so will come back to this...can i PM you about your star ceiling when im back please?

hi woody - the existing ceiling is that far out of whack. the new one isnt. (or hopefully wont be once im done...) miles easier just to lower height of ceiling a bit and screw some wood to the walls to make the new ceiling "joists" - ive got lots of head room, 2.5m ceilings. and its a bathroom...

Sure. So 5 battens? Can I make them thinner say 1 inch ( so use 1 x 2)? Google star ceiling you will see what I mean. I need a void between the top of the batons and the old ceiling.

ahh. ok. so what is the least amount of support i can get away with do you think?

the ceiling is textured in that 70's swirly way, and it is seriously not straight in 2 dimensions, like 10cm out at the long end and a 6 on the short. i also need a gap so i can run fibre optic cable over whatever the plaster board is attached to is there a reason i cant use ply? would need...

actually means i can level it up perfectly too. i am a bit ocd....

actually, theres something i havent thought of. i have to have a a gap between the old and new ceiling other wise i wont be able to run the fibre optic across the "noggins". theres no gap at all between the noggins and the old ceiling with the way i am doing it now. i will have to run new...

im using 69 x 38 cls - so the frame is 69 "high"

sorry ! maybe im not explaining correctly or using the word noggin incorrectly - i currently have a rectangle of wood that is 2.4m x 1.13m on the ceiling. i want to put a single sheet of 12.5mm plasterboard on it. do i need to make it into a "ladder", if so how many rungs?

do you think a 1cm difference between the height at each of the long ends is too much or am i worrying about nothing?

oh great, just one? i was thinking 10! thats great! im gonna make a star ceiling (it'll be above the bath if ever get that far down the line....)so will be using one single piece.

hi hope you are well. i am making a new ceiling under a lath and plaster one. it is 2.4m x 1.13m so not massive... i have made a timber frame around the perimiter of the area. 1) which thickness plasterboard do i use 2)do i need noggins, if so at what spacing please. thanks in advance for...

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