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Hi all, I'm building a timber frame garden room at the moment and I'm just about ready to install the windows. I've wrapped the building in breathable membrane but it's now time to waterproof the rough cill and window opening. I know that some people use tyvek flexiwrap, but a full roll of...

Hello all, I've just laid the OSB3 flooring for a garden room build and I've included 2mm expansion gaps as suggested in nearly everything I read about OSB. I have a question though ... can I fill those gaps with something flexible like silicon, expanding glue, or tape to help keep the building...

Hi all, After years of hanging around this site, I finally have a big enough project of my own to share. I am building a garden room (yes... it's another garden room post) with a view to discovering if I can learn enough skills to eventually build my own timber frame house extension (which I...

Hi everyone. This might seem a silly question, but for me it is an important one! I am looking to add sound proofing panels to my party wall in the living room and dining room in a 1930's semi-detached. My concern is how do I know how much weight the walls can safely take? The panels are 29kg...

Hello all. First, thanks so much for any help on this, and all the excellent advice in the forums. What a great website! I have just bought a house (yay) and it has damp (boo). According to the damp survey from before the house purchase, this is hygroscopic salt contamination of the plaster...