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Fix battens to the walls and attach corex sheets (screws work fine, if you use screw cups / washers)
If you're planning on going up and down still, you can make a batten frame door covered in corex & chuck some hinges on.
Then tape the edges with duct tape.
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Also, as structural work is happening, should I be informing my insurer/mortgage provider?
You should always inform your insurer if work is taking place in your home. If something goes wrong your home insurance takes priority over the liability insurance of the builder working on your house, so the claim is made on and administered by your home insurance.
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If you’re smashing ceilings, seal off any upstairs skirting to the floor (if not carpeted). When we were messing about like this, downstairs was relatively well sealed but a surprising amount of filth made it through this way.
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Cover the door with 2 or 3 strips of plastic sheeting, it helps to catch the dust. As well as some of the other measures. There are plastic doorways you tape onto the architrave which have a big zipper. Fussy but I've used them where I want to keep dust confined as much as possible.
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When work commences to remodel the downstairs, I’m planning to hang some kind of plastic sheeting up to help reduce dust going upstairs. Is that practical? Will it fall down/be too annoying? If not, what would be the best thing to use and how to affix it?
Also, as structural work is happening, should I be informing my insurer/mortgage provider?
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