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I can't answer the questions you've asked (no clue), but do you need to skim it? Is it good enough to fill the scrapes with that Red Devil filler stuff? I'm very new to this forum, but can sense that the guys on here love to see pictures.

No, I'm not about to hire one of those. In a geeky way I like playing with power tools, just never come across something that can punch a nail through 10mm of steel. That must be frightening to hold onto?

We didn't go with one firm for everything, but took good recommendations for the trades we have used so far, and have been more than happy with the quality of the work from all of them. They all know their stuff, but perhaps our naivety of the building trade and the poor descriptions on quotes...

No, and don't want to name him without checking with him first.

Yeah I know. Its quite a big area, walls and ceilings, both upstairs and down. I'm not afraid of grafting, I just don't have the knowledge or skills (but always happy to learn from those that do).

Sorry if this is a stupid question, do those Hilti guns go through steel? if so, how thick steel?

The promised photos.

Colchester, and tonight I've luckily made contact with the plasterer that did some great work for us a few years ago, hopefully will do just that. Thanks to this forum. :)

Honestly, it didn't go that way. I'm the first to admit that I'm naive about the building trade, this is my first experience at such a major project. I count myself as a competent DIYer, but like to think I know my limits. Plastering and screeding were never on my radar to do myself, as I've...

I will try to get some pictures up a bit later.

So would they expect you to drill holes through the steel to put screws into the noggins? Some parts of the steels must be 8mm to 10mm thick.

My drawings don’t specify how to box in the beams. I could ask the architect I suppose. I guess he just expects it to be to building regs standard. I’ve been reading the building regs documents online, but they’re not terribly clear on what type of board will suffice, nor how many layers. So if...

Also, I guess you could fill gaps with expanding foam. That seems to work for the folk that fit windows.

Can you cut the celotex into vertical slices that you can fit through the gaps, then slide them along behind the joists until the last piece is just pushing into a gap that you can easily get to. I'm pretty sure that when the pros butt celotex edges agist each other, they make it a tight fit...

Hi All, I'm currently in the thick of it, with an extension to our house. The brick work is pretty much done, and roof going up right now. Money is running out rapidly, so I'll be doing any boarding up myself, possibly the skimming too. I've been reading loads about the different types of...