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Awesome project this! Start another room... dare you! I want to see more.
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Just to check, did you tank between wall and top of shower tray with the tanking tape?
Yeh, my shower tray had an upstand, I filled any gaps with silicone, then applied the tape to bridge the shower tray to the plasterboard, then applied the tanking paint over the lot. If you've not got an upstand then I guess just try and get the tape to stick to the horizontal surface as best you can before painting over.
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Nice work 
How did you find the plasterboard hoist? Did you buy it from eBay?
I'm in the process of removing all my lath & plaster ceilings!
How did you find the plasterboard hoist? Did you buy it from eBay?
I'm in the process of removing all my lath & plaster ceilings!
Nice work
How did you find the plasterboard hoist? Did you buy it from eBay?
I'm in the process of removing all my lath & plaster ceilings!
Yeh I got it off ebay, I found I couldn't actually use it much in the attic because the sloping walls tended to get in the way, I ended up just lifting them manually and using batons screwed to the walls etc to support it while I was screwing them in place. It was pretty useful in the bedroom that I did, lifting full size panels to replace the ceiling, I would probably have given myself an injury without it!
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Nice work
How did you find the plasterboard hoist? Did you buy it from eBay?!
Seen them on Ebay from £50, cheaper than hiring, when finish just sell it on.
Makes the job so much easier, I did a bedroom ceiling a few years ago, had a few awkward slopes, being able to hold the sheets at the required angle with the hoist was great, certainly speeded up the job, & easier than props.
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Very impressive without a doubt, so prior to getting this house the only diy you ever done was putting shelves up ? That makes it even more of a achievement.
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Fantastic work there
Did you have someone draw up plans for you to follow? For example when faced with a bare roof what made you choose the battening layout you did? I tend to find myself struck with indecision when it comes to many DIY matters.
Did you have someone draw up plans for you to follow? For example when faced with a bare roof what made you choose the battening layout you did? I tend to find myself struck with indecision when it comes to many DIY matters.
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When are you free to come and do my bathrooms!?!?
Yep, I can honestly say I'd never done any real DIY before buying the house. Helps if you have a few good books (i had 3 which I treated like bibles), and forums like DIYNot are brilliant for both help and inspiration.
Fantastic work there
Did you have someone draw up plans for you to follow? For example when faced with a bare roof what made you choose the battening layout you did? I tend to find myself struck with indecision when it comes to many DIY matters.
I had a structural engineer draw up some plans for the loft, but they're were bare minimum, they just had the floor structure on it, window positions and sizes, fire door and fire alarm locations, plus the required calculations for the floor. Pretty much all the decisions were left to me, I found myself staring at things far too long pondering how to tackle it, sometimes you just have to jump and hope that you've picked a reasonable way of doing it.
I think planning is the key to it all, you have to think right to the end of the project whenever you're starting something. A prime example was the loft window by the stairs, the position of it was dictated by the position of the banister (couldn't have the banister running into the window), which didn't actually get fitted till 18 months after the window!
When are you free to come and do my bathrooms!?!?
Haha, get in line
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Yeh sure, they were...
Loft Conversions by John Coutts - Covers just about every area you need to know about loft conversions
Manual of First and Second Fix Carpentry by Les Goring - Couldn't have put in stairs or floors without this!
Collins DIY Manual
DK DIY Manual
The last two were great for just getting a general understanding of how to go about a task, they're fairly shallow because they cover such a wide range of stuff, I would then generally go looking for more detailed info on it.
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For 27 your DIY skills are fantastic.
Ok, time for a stupid question, what's this vapour layer you mention? I know of vapour control membranes in roofs, but not heard of them in walls before.
The walls were covered in 20mm Marmox boards, with dot 'n dab adhesive and special plastic 'spankers' (basically big expanding hammer plugs) to fix em in place. Each board was siliconed to the adjacent ones, and used mesh tape + tile adhesive to finish off the joints before tiling. This is how the manufacturer recommended it's fitted, I'm not sure how any kind of vapour layer would work...