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    Newly skimmed walls cracking!

    As part of a complete home renovation, the existing bedroom (brick/block) walls were reskimmed and painted a couple of months ago. However, i have just noticed cracks appearing in the plaster. They are hairline cracks, but already fairly extensive. I realise some cracking is probably inevitable...
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    Builders moaning about EWI

    Same builders that have f***** up my head height on first floor and want to lose the beam in the plaster are now moaning about my EWI requirement. I've specified 90mm EPS EWI, but builders are doing their best to talk me out of it. They say it is bound to get damaged. They even showed me a...
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    Mesh and skim steel beams

    In my loft conversion, builders have set the steels a little on the low side. And bottom of joists and beams are not flush - see pic. To avoid losing me any more headroom on first floor, they have suggested fixing plasterboards between beams (flush with joists), painting beams with intumescent...
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