nod
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Wood glue is the same as PVA
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To make life a bit easer Clean the brick faces off with a wire brush add a bonding agent SBR or Unibond to 5 parts water and a few handfuls of dry cement and paint it on the area to patch Leave it for a couple of hours Then apply your first coat You will find that it sticks much better and doesn’t dry as Quik Second coat can go on after a couple of hours
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Couldn’t open the link But Onoff is on form
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No we don’t have MV We have a large hall and landing and the UFH heats the upstairs We spent a bit on three full height stainless towel rails for the bathrooms Exspensive decoration In reality I don’t think we will ever use them -6 over Christnas We had the UFH on at 22 but still had to open windows in the bedrooms We were tempted to add a MV system Not a great deal of extra cost But a friend of ours complains about outside smells circulating around his house So we decided not to
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Yep got one i replaced the one I’d had for years It was like replacing a mini with a ferrari One thing I would say though is You need two people to operate
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Plasterboarding on yer lonesome ....
nod replied to ToughButterCup's topic in Plastering & Rendering
Ha ha No Freebie -
Plasterboarding on yer lonesome ....
nod replied to ToughButterCup's topic in Plastering & Rendering
You can only offer -
Do I need to Use A BBA Certified Render Board
nod replied to Triassic's topic in Plastering & Rendering
As long as it has mesh reinforcement on the base coat It will be fine -
Do I need to Use A BBA Certified Render Board
nod replied to Triassic's topic in Plastering & Rendering
You can use any cement board They are all the same As you point out Only difference is cost -
We have a 150 mtrs of UFH on the ground floor Three baths and showers We installed a system boiler with a Gledhill cylinder Absolutely brilliant Cheap to run We have radiators upstairs But with all the insulation and heat rising from the ground floor Weve only used them once to test them Like you There is only two of us rattling around in a big house
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Shower tray too short, any suggestions?
nod replied to Moira Niedzwiecka's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
If you use The gypsum tilebacker board dabbed onto the wall You simply let the drywall set then drill 6 mill hole in the dabs and fix with the tilevacker knockins A top for anyone using the BG tilebacker boards They are not suitable for DD without mechanical fixings -
Plasterboarding on yer lonesome ....
nod replied to ToughButterCup's topic in Plastering & Rendering
To be honest Ian Its safer two people on a tower than one with a boardlifter single handed on a slope They can tip Ive a boardlifter that I done use that you can borrow and I could call up and give you a lift to get your slope out of the way if you like We don’t want you to be the first forum death Gary -
Legal / practical implications of shared turning area
nod replied to Moonshine's topic in Party Wall & Property Legal Issues
Agree with the above Will finish up parking First up best dressed -
Looks great Jeremy we havethesane slope But towards the house Thank you
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Sorry to hijack Jeremy Quite interesting to read regarding permiable Our neighbour (vendor) Has always insisted that our drive match there’s Gravel On closer inspection of the pp it does list block paving amongst the drive finishes Have any photos of yours
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Ha ha We are sat here with the same dilemma 150 mtrs Tarmac would look like a runway Stones could get messy We are leaning towards a block paver
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I think that’s why we are all self building
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Ed, Declan, Pete: help please! Does this gap matter?
nod replied to ToughButterCup's topic in General Flooring
More glue It should be oozing out of each joint -
Also these are all scoring 3 in a air test Dont rock that boat ?♀️
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Back to the same thing Private BC Wont Rick the boat this site has 500 houses with 220 still to go
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Mine was also 70 mil Spected by the architect Which I found strange As he was so precise on the type of block and u values We put 150 kingspan down Main reason behind was that it is one of those things that you can never change at a later date
