Home DIY

You are right, plastering onto wooden studs is not advisable. They move a bit being wood and there's a chance that it may cause the plaster to pop out in chunks or crack.

If you were posting this as an example of professional work you'd had carried out we would all support you in recovering the money or finding a new plasterer! but it's your place and you're learning a new skill so fair play.

Indeed, learning new skills is always fun... lets see if I can prove you naysayers and get it finished off to an acceptable standard...

Well, if it's acceptable to you then that's what's important :)

I would be interested to know what type of plaster it is because it looks very heavily cement based by the colour, usually a fine finish plaster is incredibly smooth (and pink/brown) which allows you to achieve a very fine finish. The cement based types are usually rougher and can't be sanded very smooth because they crumble a bit.

It's Artex Easifix one coat... sanded ok this morning, defo not as rough as the base stuff the guys who did my bathroom used... the colour in that photo isn't really correct, my floorboards make the temp of any pic I take in my flat go crazy red so I neutralised it in PS as I hate overly red hues.

They probably used bonding which is an undercoat for finish plaster.

Aye, think it mentioned that somewhere in the description...

Liking the Day Z look you want to give to your flat. :)

My criticism was supposed to be constructive, apologies if it came across negative, when you said plastering was easy I had high expectation!
I had a quick look at the Artex stuff, I would sack off the tools they throw in and use a cheap proper trowel. The solid metal beading is much much easier to get straight and level and is great to skim against. PVA isn't cowboy, I pva everything except plasterboard before plastering, I'll PVA bonding plaster before finishing plaster too, it stops the moisture getting sucked out.
At the end of the day props for getting stuck in, I'm sure you'll be happy with the result, it might just take a fair bit of sanding time which sucks balls.

Londonmosaic seconded. Martin will mesh mat the tiles for you and is cheaper than anyone else. Will also personally deliver.

im about to have an architect round to draw up some plans for my L shaped loft. has anyone had one done here?

the only thing I cant decide on is where the bathroom goes..

I cant decide whether to have a small ensuite to the master loft, or have a separate bathroom which takes space from the masterbedrom and the smaller bedroom over the outrigger.

if I go for the separate bathroom id lose the Juliet balcony and could get 3 velux windows ut in instead of 2 but I'm not sure if that would be a compromise too far.

examples of each in the below..any thoughts?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57145207.html

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-62819048.html

im paying the architect for his time but would prefer to hear from anyone if they have either sort of set up

The cost for one or the other is negligible so as not to make a difference

How many bedrooms are you going to end up with and how many bathrooms does the property currently have?

Its currently a 2 bed house with downstairs WC and upstairs bathroom

I want the two extra bedrooms upstairs in the loft . I am worried about lack of light in the main loft room if I don't have a Juliet balcony or side window of some sort.

Lol @ nanny and kids

We've done an L-shaped loft extension and opted for the bathroom in between (accessible from the mini landing separating the rooms). Front room (under eaves) has the bigger footprint than the back room, but each work out as similar useable space. Front room has 2 big velux windows only, and is plenty light enough - although that is the South side).
Suits our needs, with the top floor being our grown-up space and the kids on the middle floor, with the option to swap that around if needs be.

Can someone point me in the direction of a metal angle for timber connections, the like of which @soul used for his bed build? I know there are connection details that don't require the bracket, but I've a situation in which it could be useful.

I've got a load you can have if you want...

I'm neither unfortunately. @KDense that's very helpful ta

Just spent the last three days putting in 100m of 32mm myself, joys of a private water supply...

I hope you had a mini digger.

Nothing mini about the digger I was using...

6 tonne excavator and a couple of tractors and trailers.

Awesome, would take you up on that but I'm in Edinburgh and would need them tomorrow. Just wondering what I would ask for if I were heading to a builders merchants or B&Q...

Yeah, that's not going to work then :)

They're just called corner brackets or corner braces.

This is my handy work. 1 year on and by some miracle it's still working fine. I'm no diy-er

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You could change that sign to Live, Laugh, Love if you get bored of it.

I like the mantlepiece.