plasterboarding the loft. loft conversion #20

[@billybulmer7386]

Another👍lads. The silly voiceovers are brilliant🤣

[@Mr_A_Builders]

Haha! Nice one Billy, you may be the only one who's noticed!

[@Cablesmith]

Wish all builders did Downlight holes like that!!

[@Mr_A_Builders]

Haha! Glad you agree with the idea, mate. There's a few who don't! Thank you for watching.

[@Ramblingpete]

This wil be a very warm loft nice one 👍🏿👻🤪

[@ChrisHughes-q5d]

Love these vids. Quick question...... Do regs specify protected route as its a 3 storey? Should the beds walls be cladded in fire board adjacent to the route of escape?? Also what u value does the 100mm pir + 25 polystyrene achieve? Does it achieve 0.13 current regs? Current doing my own place up!!

[@keithmulhall4900]

Stupid question lads do you not need to put washers with the screws for the plasterboard due to the insulation?Doing an attic myself and just wanted to double check. great videos by the way.

[@Mr_A_Builders]

Hello Keith, apologies for the late reply. You don't need them for the plasterer board mate, in fact you can't use them because you can't plaster over them. The odd screw and washer into the insulation just to keep it in place while you're working but my advice is at this stage use minimal fixings. When you plasterboard over it all the fixings that you put that up with will hold everything in place. Think of it as the plasterboard screws are the screws and the plasterboard is the washer and that's what keeps the insulation in place... does that make sense?

[@keithmulhall4900]

@@Mr_A_Builders Perfect.Thanks for the advice.Carpenter 20 years but been doing kitchens for the last few so been a while since I done anything like this.Appreciate the help and great videos.Keep them coming mate.👍

[@Mr_A_Builders]

No worries at all mate, good luck! Take care.

[@Ramblingpete]

Are there rads going in the loft won’t need a lot of heating

[@MD-kv2gc]

When floor of loft was being put down I didn't notice any insulation between it and the floor beneath (i.e. the house's first floor) - did I miss that?

[@Mr_A_Builders]

Hello M D, hope you're well. We've removed the entire first floor ceiling and rebuilt it, so the underside of the loft floor was open at the point of this video so the trades could get their cables and pipes in, you'll see it all get insulated in future episodes. Have a great day.

[@tamntinaable]

its getting there lads , nice tidy site

[@Mr_A_Builders]

Cheers Thomas, appreciate the comment mate, hope you're well.

[@JPWrightVoiceActor]

Nice video mate - Silly question from a complete novice ! I am buying a house that the previous owner sold with the loft half finished ,most of the walls have plasterboard already installed and the floor is done with plywood so do I just plaster over the plasterboard and then paint ?

[@ACAIDC]

Assuming they did everything correctly and followed regulations then yes you could just plaster the walls and paint. However, it might be worth having a build inspector check everything is done correctly before you finish the space.

[@David1976W]

Do you need fire retardant plasterboard on the stud walls? I'm confused to where you need it.

[@Mr_A_Builders]

Hi David. If you require a 30 minute fire wall in a residential property then it has to go floor to ceiling of your room with no breaks and must be plaster boarded both sides with 12.5mm board and then skimmed. However, these regs can be a minefield like head heights in lofts. Speak to your building inspector to clarify because they are the ones that have to sign any works off 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Awesome loved it, good video length too (it’s ok to say length isn’t it? 😆)

[@Mr_A_Builders]

Oooooohhhh...like the length do you???!!! Hahaha!!! Thank you Logan. Have you really binged watched all the videos???

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Lol yes, they’re brilliant 🤩

[@garysmith4717]

Not to long ago I paid £50 for one insulated plaster board

[@Mr_A_Builders]

That's criminal is it!

[@brandsthatcreatelitter1648]

Cutting insulation needs a mask doesn’t it?

[@Niggle1]

See you soooon ... Lol