Plasterboarding questions

It's a storage area, not a living room. I'd go with whatever is the quickest and cheapest...= plasterboard and paint :p.

However for what it's worth, I wouldn't have gotten rid of that door either :D.
 
I'd fit a few battery power smoker alarms too, they tend to be more sensitive and go off all the time but I'd rather have the warning, and make sure everyone knows the plan in case of a fire.
 
The alarms have a battery backup as well so need need to fit even more! The Kitchen has a heat alarm and the hall has a smoke one.

I can count the number of times we opened that door in the last 2 years on one hand. As I said, it's not safety glass, it lets in a hell of a draft in not to mention water and damp get in round it. As well as that all the post gets put through that letter box which then invloves climbing over hoovers and shoes to get to it. People always knock on the door too, despite there being a much newer upvc door with a doorbell a few steps passed it! I think we might miss the light it provides hence posibly fitting a sunlight tunnel, but that's the only thing we will miss!

I think either just plaster or just boards is the way to go, it's only going to have shelves or coat hooks on it anyway!

Cheers

Dave
 
I don't think being able to smash a window is going to cut it, double glazed units are hard to break and nobody is going to wander around looking for a maglite in a room full of smoke (not to mention climbing over broken glass).
I'm pretty sure regs will expect an opening window of some sort.

I guess this only kicks in when you come to sell it, but I'd make a better plan if I were you, maybe hang a fire extinguisher outside the kitchen door as plan B.



People with locks on the windows worry me, they say the insurance company will insist on everything being locked but insurance companies don't care about them dying while they find the little key they've misplaced.
 
Our bedroom window is plenty big enough to climb out of so no need to break that. Easily meets minimum size as per B1. I'm sure the noise from the alarms would give us ample time to get out. Not having locks on windows worries me, having been broken into before xmas I would prefer to have locks.
BTW. Maglite is a big D cell with an xcapecap. http://www.xcapecap.com/

What kind of fire extinguisher would you go for? Not powder as that would be more dangerous than not having one as filling the area I'm trying to escape with powder would be just as dangerous as the smoke! CO2 needs to be maintained regularly and water is not that useful. It's just a bungalow with 2 bedrooms not a huge HMO!

Dave
 
Whatever works on chip fires I guess, foam?
Heh, I once set a powder one off to see what it did, whoosh, powder everywhere!

Nice addition to your mag, I've only just come across those myself :)
 
AFFF ones are bit specialist for home use, plus we don't have a chip pan/deep fat fryer! Powder ones are great for all fires but make a huge mess and are not really for use in confined spaces/indoors. Even using them outdoors makes a hell of a mess! For home use CO2 is the best bet as I think most likely option is an electrical fire.

How on earth did this thread get on to this when it started about plastering...... :D

Dave
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom