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Thanks everyone, really useful feedback. I think we will look into getting someone else to spray paint the house.

We are progressing nicely with the build and have just booked the plasterer. This is making me start to think about the monumental task of painting the place! Spray painting looks to be a potential route, but I am a bit nervous about forking out lots of money for decent kit and then making a pigs ear of it! Any guidance reference spray painting or other "faster" ways of painting, rather than brush and roller, would be much appreciated. Thanks

The staircase can be adjusted to fit the gap.

Hi all We have underfloor heating downstairs and want to tile the entire ground floor. Should I tile and then put in the stairs or stairs first. It makes sense to me to do the tiling first, but I have made a few school-boy errors during the build and want to sense-check. I don't need the stairs for access and, yes, I have a detailed plan for the location of the UFH pipes 🙂 Thanks everyone.

I need to use pink fire rated unfortunately.

Hiya I have a chicken and egg conundrum. We have a garage without doors, we want to install the doors, but the garage ceiling will need plasterboarding and plastering before we install the garage door. The garage door is on a six week delivery time. Would I be OK to plasterboard and plaster the ceiling on a garage without the door, and if I did this how long can I leave the garage without a door. Many thanks

Thanks everyone. Very helpful.

Hi all We have the electrician on site in a couple of days to start the first-fix. He is a super-polite guy, and I want to make his job as easy as possible. Our stud walls are up, but I don't have any plasterboard fixed (some walls are strengthened with OSB board, but not all). Do electricians usually do first-fix in stud partition walls which already have plasterboard on one side, and maybe noggins to support the back box? Or, is it normal for electricians to lay first-fix with just the partition stud-work in place? Just wondering how much humble pie I will need to eat Thanks

Hi folks We are looking for composite cladding and finding it really difficult to find someone who stocks material for delivery this side of Christmas. We have spoken to Cladco - 10-12 weeks lead time for our preferred design. The same for Ecoscape and Neotimber have something which will be OK, but they don't have colour-coded screws! We aren't looking for anything funky - just an oak-type finish. Absolute nightmare. Can anyone recommend a composite cladding supplier who has stock on the shelf available for delivery. Thanks

Hiya We have started designing our kitchen and have faultered at the design of the hob extractor. We have a MVHR system, but want a supplimentary hob extractor. The kitchen has a vaulted ceiling which means a "traditional" design over-hob extractor can't butt up against the ceiling for a clean design. We also aren't planning to have any wall cupboards so an extractor built into an over-hob cupboard wouldn't work either. We have looked at venting hobs but are worried that they won't have enough umphh to control the steam and are massively overpriced. Any help would be appreciated particularly with over-hob extractors which look nice "free-standing" on a wall with no cabinets or vented hobs. Thanks

Thanks for your response everyone, very helpful. Its seems pretty obvious now it's been highlighted that I should use fire resistant plasterboard. I have checked my BC drawings + the build specification from the TF company and it's not mentioned. Thanks Build Hub and the super community for keeping me right.

We need to finish our timber-framed, attached to the house, garage. The walls are 140mm studs with 120mm insulation which was fitted by mistake in the TF factory. We have considered plasterboard, plastering and paint, but this is quite an expensive way to finish the garage. Then we have OSB board, cheap to buy and easy to install, but with a utilitarian appearance. Are there any other options we should consider - we want it to look nice for the least possible money (who doesn't). Here is a picture of the wall. Thanks

My feet are killing me! I bought a pair of cheap safety shoes, trainer style, (maybe £35-ish) from Screwfix and they are SO uncomfortable. Can anyone recommend a pair of safety boots with a wide toe which feel comfortable all day. Happy to pay what it takes for a foot-friendly safety shoe/boot. Thanks

My feet are killing me! I bought a pair of cheap safely shoes, trainer style, (maybe £35-ish) from Screwfix and they are SO uncomfortable. Can anyone recommend a pair of safety boots with a wide toe which feel comfortable all day. Happy to pay what it takes for a foot-friendly safety shoe/boot. Thanks

I am pushing it into a 220mm rafter leaving at least a 50mm void between the OSB sarking on the rafter and the insulation apparently the gap is important as this is a warm roof (vaulted ceiling).