plasterboard

Hi, First time posting here, I have taken all the plaster off on the external solid 9" walls (1930s house) and now want to insulate and redo them using celotex 37.5mm thick 2.4mx1.2m plasterboards. I have heard many stories about damp and condensation issues caused by internal insulation. Do...

Hi, I have a bathroom in a 1940s terraced property (approx 2.5 x 2.5 meters) which needs tiling. However the tiler has advised the plaster on two brick walls (one is party wall and the other is rear external wall with a window) should be removed because its loose and should be redone with dot...

I have to attach a curtain rod bracket to a plasterboard wall. Below is a photo of the bracket. I was going to use plasterboard fixings like these, but then realised that the points for the screws were too close and the fixings would overlap. 20180224_202359 by r_c posted 24 Feb 2018 at 8:30 PM...

hi, I'm using 2 screw in metal raw plugs to hold my towel rail up.. unfortunetly, due to use, they have came loose from the wall and will no longer screw in as the plaster has came away from the hole.. is there anything I can put in these holes to firm and close up the holes so I can put the raw...

I need to hang up some pictures on a plasterboard wall so I bought some self drilling plasterboard fixings. I didn't know if I needed the plastic sort or metal, so I bought a tub with both of them. I hope these are the right fixings for the job - please let me know if you think otherwise. But...

Hi All, Have recently had our windows redone and so we now need to re-mount the venetian blinds. The windows are in a cavity with a wood sill and plasterboard wall and ceiling (approx 10 cm deep) and brick on the outside. Flat was build around the early 1990's. The brackets were previously...

I am getting a balanced flue, hole in the wall, gas fire fitted soon. It will be installed on four legs against a flat wall. To save some money I will build the chimney breast around it myself. I know to use metal studwork, and I think fire resistant (pink) plasterboard will suffice. The...

I'm in the process of constructing a small stud wall / door way (around 250mm of stud either side of the doorway), which butts up to a brick wall so that the entire thing runs like one continuous wall. The brick wall has had the plaster stripped away approx 200mm back from the new stud wall...

Hello I have a question (no doubt asked in various formats in many other threads) about some work we are planning on getting done. Our living room (old building, 1800s) has a single skin wall and there are signs of damp near floor level- small patches, but there. The flooring was lino done on...

Hi, guys, Currently having a nightmare, my ceiling plasterboard has been removed by my plasterer because of cracks and leak. I have him booked in for Friday (Tomorrow) 22nd September 2017 to put up the new plasterboard and skim etc.... Sadly, my plaster does not have a van to pick up the...

Hi. I am planning on tiling my living room wall with reclaimed brick slips that I have already purchased along with the adhesive and mortar. I have just stripped the paper from the wall and a lot of plaster crumbled away. I believe that the house had warm air heating and I am now concerned about...

Basically I wonder if anybody could give me any tips on making my loft space into a nice clean usable area. First of all I am not putting in any stairs I am still going to be using the existing loft ladder the space up in the loft is very large indeed I was hoping it would be okay to keep the...

Hi, my house is 1900 Victoria terrace with a ground floor passage ginnel on one side. I have a tiny single brick room on the second floor. The brick is old stock I think and is very soft. The mortar is lime and the original plaster was lime. Someone has skimmed over the plaster with a cement...

My garage has a beam and block ceiling. To make it 'nicer' I plan to install a plasterboard ceiling under it. With it being so big (roughly 8m square) I'm not sure how to go about it. The two options I see are: 1. Wooden battons screwed to the beams, then attach plasterboard to those. I'd like...

Afternoon, Ideally I need the above to put above a doorframe. It needs to be ~6mm to tie in with the surrounding plaster but the area above the door is wood, a lintel I think. I gather there is a glasroc 6mm board but its 50 quid for a sheet and I just need 500x200mm (ish) to line an area...

Hello, recently moved into 70's semi. Next to the door to the main bedroom is a section of glass panels, floor to ceiling, which form part of the bedroom perimeter wall. Previous owners cover over with wallpaper. I want to fill it in, so once all decorated it will look like a normal wall. See...

Hi, Im considering insulating a wall internally as this room gets very cold as soon as the heating is turned off. Its a downstairs living room, and my plan is to insulate the exterior wall. We had insulation blown into the cavity walls within the house, and insulated the suspended floor to...

i have had a beautiful new cabin built, but I am boarding it out myself. The structure is timber and is stuffed to the gunwales with Celotex. The walls have 150mm Celotex panels which leaves a 10-20mm air gap between the front of the Celotex and the front of the studs. I have been advised that...

Hi Just doing some internal renovation, and wondering could this be asbestos plasterboard ceiling? The extension is a 2 storey with a flat roof. The internal garage below the room had an asbestos ceiling (guessing for fire proofing), but we had this removed as part of the garage conversion a...

Hello, Our house's ground floor includes an alleyway for the Right of Access for the rest of the terrace. The survey said that the ceiling/soffit would previously have been lath and plaster but the previous owner has replaced this with standard plasterboard. The survey suggested the moisture...