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    Waterproofing XPS panels in shower area

    With regard to picture 1 (attached), should I seal the hole in the XPS board with neutral sealant before placing the pipe sleeve over the top and then tanking it, or is the idea that the rubber sleeve will act as waterproofing anyway, once the pipe collar has been sealed against the board using...
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    30mm rigid XPS (GG300) under 14mm engineered flooring

    I plan to lay a 14mm engineered floor (B&Q Marcy - softwood ply with oak top layer) downstairs over a concrete floor. It would be nice to use an underlay that is more insulating than the typical 5mm fibreboard, to loose less heat and have the floor feel slightly warmer to the feet. Would it be...
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    XPS recommendation

    Hi Everyone, I hope you are doing well during these peculiar times. I am looking for my ground floor insulation on top of my existing concrete floor. I am going to put DPM and lip it over skirting boards then I want to put some XPS boards and 10mm natural fibre underlay on top. I have about...
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    Roofmate or XPS

    Hello everyone I have just had the floor of my wooden lodge insulated. The lodge is on wood piles. It is a suspended 18mm flooring grade chipboard floor, open underneath on all sides and the floor is very cold in the winter. The builder quoted 60mm Roofmate and a vapour barrier, but has...
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