Recent content by stuartpetty

Thanks mate, he had a bit of an attitude with me doing the boarding I think, I don't think that ill be using him, wanted to double check with experienced plasters first to see if his comments where true or not. Stuart

Hello Im looking for some advice, im currently boarding out my extension. I was talking with a plasterer the other day and he was concerned as to how I was going to deal with boarding the edges of the vaulted ceiling. If you take a look at the attached pictures you will see that the trusses...

Yes mate makes perfect sense. As for the final floor finish there is still a bit to go on top of the slab that is shown in the picture. XPS routed insulation 2.5mm Then Screed board 2.0mm and then the engineered timber 1.3mm I was going to ask as a final question if the lining need to be wider...

Thanks for the advice. Looking at the block work it's not perfectly straight, especially where the thermolights have been cut with a handsaw. Im i best to get a bag of the plastic packers from ebay like this ? Link Removed

Hello I have a door opening in my new extension. As you can see from the image the wall is single skin, thermolights with a concrete lintel over the top. My basic question is this, what is the normal practice when it comes to door frames do I plasterboard around the inner opening then...

Quick question, im buying an extension and I have a vaulted ceiling with a shallow pitch of 21% My question is this, shall I board horizontal across the rafters or Vertically ? Many Thanks Stuart

Thanks for the advice, would you agree that K-Rend should be avoided ?

Hello Im looking for some advice. We are currently having an extension on our home, one completed we want the original part of the house (1920 solid brick) to be externally rendered. Im wanting to use a local company, im aware that im probably not going to be able to get a green grant unless I...