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I have some hardie backer boards to be installed onto a breeze block wall and then tiled. The hardie board website says to use tile adhesive to level uneven walls when installing the boards... do you think I can use drywall adhesive instead as I have some left over?

I have a small cold flat roof. It has plenty of ventilation, followed by PIR insulation, followed by a vapour barrier. There is still a fair amount of space between the vapour barrier and the plasterboard below. Can I just pack this with extra insulation? I'm only asking because i read that...

I've had liquid screed floors poured on top of a DPM. I am going to tile on top of the screed. Because the door thresholds were higher than the rest of the floor levels, the screed around the thresholds was so shallow that it's already come away. Therefore the door thresholds are now a few...

I have a liquid screed floor. Approx 40mm thick. Beneath that is the insulation > DPM > concrete slab. I therefore only have a 40mm screed to fix my studworks sole plate to. Is this enough? If not what would be a good work around?

I am installing the perimeter channel of a metal frame ceiling into a breeze block wall. All instructions says to fix with an appropriate fixing!... Therefore my question is what size screw and plug would I need to attach to breeze block?.. thanks to any responders!

I've got concrete screws that I want to fix a metal frame to an old breeze block wall. The point of the concrete screws is they just need a pilot hole and DON'T need a wall plug. However because the breeze block is quite soft it works much better with wall plugs. Can you use wall plugs with...

I'm planning on installing a metal frame ceiling. My intention is to reduce the sound from the flat above. I've seen that instead of a metal frame ceiling I could have simply installed resilient bars to the joists and then the plasterboard to the resilient bars. My question: Do the hangers...

I am trying to ascertain where cavity trays are required. As I understand it they would be needed any time the wall cavity gets penetrated eg. above a window or an external door. However building control have said that I also need a cavity tray where my extension roof meets the existing wall. Is...