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Why do I want moisture resistant plasterboard ?

Tanked

Nope ! 3 times I’ve seen raw sewage pouring over various gardens due to wet wipes .

Chat has now changed its mind 🙄 . Won’t bother with ct1 . Simply tanking slurry over the lot . There are no gaps it’s just porous material.

Slurry ordered and more ct1 👍

Oops in wrong group ! 🙄🙄🙄😂

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Chat suggests . Clean it all up . Ct1 the joints I.e block work on the concrete - water gets through the mortar at this point . Then ka slurry the lot .

Chat suggests sika 1 waterproofing Or this

Hairline cracks in the concrete also I want to fill . Did assume some concrete / brick sealer waterproofing was the thing to try . So a small number of drops did get the floor . Didn’t put a bucket to collect . But it is a small amount . Just checked it now - whilst not dry it’s clearly drying out . Considering how much rain we had and how quick it’s drying does kind of confirm it certainly isn’t a lot of water .

Avonmouth is a shit hole

Entire day of rain - storm so lots of rain . 15:30 - finally get a drop through . You can see it’s been building up to that . I’m going to leave this as is until spring . But if I were to seal the concrete I.e to prevent water coming through what would I use? . I guess I should be happy as gone from half a bucket to just this .

Yeah that’s what I think . But , everything looks like leak 🙄 Might just foam the (expletive deleted) around there - effectively insulating…

Only thing I notice is ‘ condensation ‘ on the inner part of the glazing frames .

Lots of rain over the last few weeks . Most at night so I don’t “ count it “ . Wee’d down today . Went out to look at my low profile drain . Certainly doing its job ! - small river coming out the other end - draining away from the property . Still can ‘feel’ some moisture inside ( I think ! ) but zero water drops . Paranoia causes me to check the room with the leak a few times everyday…. 🤪

We’ve all been there also 👍

I’ve got another project using water proof ultra sonic transducers linked to an esp32 - works really well . The device you link to might be worth a punt . Be keen to know how you get on .

I know what you mean “ Swindon office “ look . It doesn’t have to look like that . It is subjective of course .

All done . Decking board just to protect cement from rain . If nothing else it will direct water away from property .

A "Man O Meter" ......

Where’s the friggin cinema room ??

We’ve all been there …

Bro - don’t worry . Take your time , buy lots of tools , enjoy the journey.

Not me mate. Even my SWMBO ( as you can imagine ) as sceptical before. Not only does it allow easy alterations etc at a later date - it actually looks really good. The problem is as I implied most of these ceilings look like shite - because the edging is shite, they've had leaks/cracks/stains and no one fixes them. They stick a big full tile (expletive deleted)ing horrible led square for a light. I'm actually surprised how 'soft' and unobtrusive it is. Let's be honest though; when you live with something it does 'fade' into the background a bit. I think if you saw my ceiling first hand you would not be overwhelmed with "swindon office" style. I *deliberately* have had people in whom would freely give their opinion - and I know they would say exactly what they think regardless of me - yet instead it's always "where is the tv?" or "I don't like those tiles " - clearly they are looking elsewhere. If you choose the correct ceiling tiles; install with care - so NOT the one's in the gym or Jobcentre ceiling - then you can get away from that polystyrene 'cheap' look. Come and take a look!

For that authentic dungeon look!. In your basement it's probably the BEST solution for your ceiling. It allows lighting/speakers to be moved/rewired at will. Makes any cabling and/or pipework from the above floor easily accessible. It's light weight and easy to install. Cheaper than stud/board/skim . BETTER! - not because I did it - but because the pro's outweighs the negatives. Ultimately no-one looks at a ceiling - if you don't copy "the swindon' look i.e. stained tiles, tile size 'office' lights etc etc - it's just a white surface over your head.