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Polyester Insulation Help

Started by SkyHook, 23rd March 2008 05:51 AM

advice, affect, appreciated, bit, butted, cavity, cut, effectiveness, fibres, fit, greatly, installing, insulation, internal, mark, mesh, noggings, off-cuts, piece, polyester, research, rockwool, sound, studs, suggest, tempting, tightly, wall, wasteful, wide

Replies: 3
Views: 1,768

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th March 2008 07:32 PM; by SkyHook

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Digital Insulation Tester Meter Megger

Started by Turpy, 21st March 2008 01:19 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1000v, acceptable, answer, answers, coming, connected, digital, emailed, explain, forum, hope, information, insulation, leads, light, megger, meter, net, press, resistances, searched, sell, seller, sort, success, switch, test, tester, voltage, voltages

Replies: 16
Views: 5,390

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd March 2008 09:52 AM; by elkangorito

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Containing dust in old joists

Started by Cellomangler, 17th March 2008 10:26 AM

beams, blower, brushing, ceiling, cleared, deep, dust, emerges, exposed, glue, grain, hand, insulation, joists, leaf, leakage, leave, mildewed, offer, product, recommend, roof, sealer, stain, stained, started, suggestions, tile, varnish, wondering

Replies: 3
Views: 1,412

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th March 2008 05:51 AM; by Cellomangler

Forum:
FINISHING

Insulating walls

Started by dombat, 7th March 2008 06:44 PM

25mm, air, aircell, batt, coburg, cost, embarking, energy, expertise, future, gap, guru, hoping, idea, insulating, insulation, major, melbourne, mind, normal, nurse, pretty, question, renovation, requiress, shaky, talk, thankyou, walls, wrap

Replies: 7
Views: 2,540

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th March 2008 01:05 PM; by jimc

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

cutting plasterboard for insulation retrofit, worth the effort?

Started by sundancewfs, 15th March 2008 07:52 AM

batts, brick, ceiling, cement, cutting, double, effort, external, fit, foil, glazed, home, insulation, plasterboard, polyester, retrofit, retrofitting, thinking, tiled, tontine, type, underfloor, venneer, wall, walls, windows, worth

Replies: 4
Views: 2,280

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th March 2008 06:00 PM; by sundancewfs

Forum:
PLASTERING

Replacing Lathe & Plaster in 1890's house

Started by ICEMAN., 1st March 2008 03:55 PM

1890, 1890s, 1900s, appears, attatched, boards, dead, expected, house, idea, inch, insulation, lathe, paper, pictured, plaster, pre, replacing, ripping, sills, solid, space, started, studding.~, tar, walls, window, wood

Replies: 2
Views: 1,823

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd March 2008 03:42 AM; by ICEMAN.

Forum:
PLASTERING

Habital dwelling

Started by Scooterscum, 17th February 2008 10:14 PM

2.4m, alternative, basix, caravan, ceiling, cost, council, dividing, dwelling, garage, guess, habital, heights, ideas, insulating, insulation, lining, liveable, meet, minimum, requirements, shed, simon, site, size, slab, understand, wall, windows, wondering

Replies: 3
Views: 2,009

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th February 2008 02:00 PM; by Scooterscum

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

solar hot water

Started by Learner, 20th February 2008 01:15 PM

hot, insulation, pipes, solar, ststem, water

Replies: 5
Views: 1,804

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd February 2008 02:13 PM; by Mickj

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Roof Insulation - keep loose stuff or replace with batts?

Started by Shubes, 12th February 2008 11:45 AM

afternoon, batts, beams, blow-in, brett, ceiling, cops, easier, hear, heard, hot, house, inside, insulate, insulation, left, loose, lot, love, people, placing, replace, replacing, roof, sitting, stuff, suggestions, sun, tin, types

Replies: 12
Views: 15,664

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st February 2008 09:28 AM; by Honorary Bloke

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PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

New floorig onto joists or overlay onto existing baltic pine?

Started by tamu, 11th April 2007 11:59 AM

advice, baltic, breathe, difference, existing, floor, floorig, hardwood, improve, insulation, joists, layers, makes, nail, noticeable, overlay, overlaying, pine, plantation, properly, remaining, remilled, replacing, rip, secret, stable, straight, timber, underneath, wood

Replies: 4
Views: 3,223

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th February 2008 09:18 AM; by Dobro

Forum:
FLOORING

Convert pantry to wine storage

Started by sammy_h, 22nd January 2008 11:44 AM

560, 60-80, 700, bottles, bottom, build, constantly, convert, cupboard, doors, double, figure, fit, fluctuation, house, insert, insulated, insulation, minimised, pantry, plan, possibly, sam, space, storage, temperature, thicker, walled, wine, wondering

Replies: 12
Views: 3,198

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th February 2008 10:49 PM; by Cliff Rogers

Forum:
KITCHENS

Old Slate Tiles in Ceiling Space

Started by prof_montoya, 11th February 2008 09:46 AM

1990s, adding, broken, ceiling, cleaning, concerned, corrugated, dust, fixing, found, front, insulation, keys, lathen, leave, left, melbourne, monty, piles, placing, plaster, replaced, roof, single, slate, space, structure, terrace, tiles, unnecessarily

Replies: 0
Views: 1,016

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th February 2008 09:46 AM; by prof_montoya

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Removing ceiling - should I insulate?

Started by Daren, 6th February 2008 10:47 PM

70s, bedroom, btw, ceiling, cost, dining, effective, heat, house, hrs, idea, insulate, insulation, kinda, kitchen, lounge, method, paint, painting, reading, reflective, removing, replacing, roof, spent, standard, thinking, threads, wether, whitepossibly

Replies: 11
Views: 2,324

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th February 2008 05:40 PM; by petersemple

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

home insulation

Started by patty, 1st February 2008 11:44 AM

access, afternoon, air, appreciated, betweenthe, brick, ceiling, dollar, height, home, hot, house, inside, insulate, insulating, insulation, money, procratinating, roof, sarking, storey, tile, tiles, trap, underside, veneer, walls, wasting, west, wondered

Replies: 5
Views: 1,827

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd February 2008 10:37 AM; by Bloss

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Cooling the house on a budget - ideas please?

Started by JustAChick, 26th September 2007 11:02 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

$2500, blinds, budget, build, canvas, chick, cooling, couple, final, guy, heat, house, ideas, insulation, light, long-winded, mark, months, option, outdoor, possibly, post, roof, space, split, suggestions, verandah, vistaweave, whirlybirds, winter

Replies: 24
Views: 7,774

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st February 2008 12:05 AM; by Gypsy

Forum:
GENERAL ODDS N SODS

Bathroom insulation?

Started by Pollyanna, 18th January 2008 06:15 PM

absorb, bathroom, batt, batts, cos, heard, insulation, moisture, no-no, walls

Replies: 5
Views: 1,912

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th January 2008 05:51 PM; by Bloss

Forum:
BATHROOM & TOILET

Foil insulation for ceiling / roof - good idea?

Started by jellycan, 11th January 2008 11:16 PM

3.9, affect, appreciated, ceiling, claim, claimed, company, diy, dust, easy, experience, fill, foil, good, handle, idea, ideal, insulation, loose, material, performance, plausible, product, reflective, roof, sort, space, stuff, thinking, weight

Replies: 1
Views: 2,383

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th January 2008 09:27 PM; by Bloss

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Sealing Ceiling Dust & Installing Insulation

Started by learninglots, 1st January 2008 07:40 PM

advice, arrangement, batts, ceiling, continuous, cut, dust, essentially, fall, foil, future, gaps, house, installed, installing, insulation, laying, lights, lining, queenslander, renovation, required, roof, sealing, shiny, similar, spaces, thinking, time, top

Replies: 4
Views: 1,923

Last Post By:: Last Post: 2nd January 2008 03:52 PM; by OBBob

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

coolroom panelling

Started by bugsy, 11th November 2007 11:08 AM

batt, blueboard, brick, carport, cavity, colourbond, coolroom, costed, costly, cover, covered, easliy, enclose, fence, foam, insulation, line, lining, moment, noise, panelling, panels, price, properties, ready, reducing, screwed, thinking, tin, wall

Replies: 9
Views: 4,346

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th December 2007 05:37 PM; by bugsy

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Plasterboard a ceiling

Started by chessp, 18th December 2007 05:35 PM

advise, appreciated, beams, cathedral, ceiling, condensation, existing, exposed, improve, installed, insulation, intend, issue, mitigate, plasterboard, primary, reason

Replies: 6
Views: 2,065

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th December 2007 11:36 PM; by Joister

Forum:
PLASTERING

Roof insulation - how much is enough?

Started by Downramp, 12th December 2007 02:10 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1.5, 4x2, additional, afternoon, battens, built, cathedral, ceilings, colorbond, confident, depth, gyprock, ideally, installing, insulation, kidding, layer, lot, mount, r-rating, rafters, reckon, roof, sarking, sceptical, setup, style, thicker, underside, warm/cool

Replies: 15
Views: 5,110

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th December 2007 11:41 PM; by Trav

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Can breathing in insulation have health issues?

Started by mreddie, 18th December 2007 09:24 AM

air, bat, bats, bit, breathed, breathing, cabling, caused, cautious, ceiling, colour, dust, fat, feel, health, insulation, issues, mask, night, occurring, pretty, roof, style, unexpected, worried, yellow

Replies: 9
Views: 17,342

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th December 2007 08:00 PM; by Jacksin

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Aircell insulation vs anticon

Started by zongatron, 16th December 2007 04:30 PM

$360.00, 1350, 22.5, acts, air, aircell, anti, anticon, approximately, batts, cliplcok, cliplock, compares, condensation, detrimental, effectiveness, furrow, gaps, insulation, performs, price, product, ridges, roofing, sarking, similar, understand, wool

Replies: 5
Views: 15,263

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th December 2007 12:06 PM; by Barry_White

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Energy efficient building

Started by supa007, 19th July 2007 11:17 PM

appreciated, batt, building, closed, compared, concrete, conventional, cost, cycle, efficiency, efficient, energy, foil, gas, heaters, heating, ideas, input, insulation, kevin, light, planning, proper, reverse, roof, running, shed, terms, windows, winter

Replies: 8
Views: 2,497

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th December 2007 07:12 PM; by Metung

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Traditional Log Cabin For A Workshop

Started by echnidna, 25th August 2007 05:59 PM

build, building, cabin, hassles, insulation, issue, log, logs, macrocarpra, noise, overcome, permit, quick, solid, termites, thermal, thinking, traditional, workshop

Replies: 8
Views: 3,299

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th December 2007 07:24 PM; by Arthur Dyason

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Bamboo flooring

Started by Skandia, 16th November 2006 10:18 AM

3mm, advice, appreciated, bamboo, bought, built, concrete, floating, floor, flooring, house, idea, individual, install, insulation, lock, nails, newly, permanant, pieces, slab, told, top

Replies: 2
Views: 2,858

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th December 2007 03:48 PM; by StylePlantation

Forum:
FLOORING

Retro-fit Insulation on weatherboard house

Started by Cyrille, 29th November 2007 09:55 PM

1000, cyrille, efficient, guys, house, inside, insulate, insulation, pardon, questions, retro-fit, retrofit, times, trouble, values, weatherboard, weatherboards

Replies: 7
Views: 4,375

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th December 2007 06:14 PM; by Bloss

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Poll: What is your preferred type of insulation

Started by outback, 25th November 2007 02:48 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

brains, canvas, ceiling, collective, house, insulate, insulation, preferred, space, type

Replies: 17
Views: 2,786

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th November 2007 10:17 AM; by rod1949

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Roof Tiles

Started by damien, 21st November 2007 09:57 PM

alot, amount, average, bad, befor, bought, cash, ceramic, changed, cos, cost, depending, discoivered, dry, feedback, forward, green, hard, house, insulation, month, moss, roof, spare, swap, thinking, tile, tiles, time, tonight

Replies: 4
Views: 2,347

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd November 2007 06:50 PM; by addo

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

windows- insulating

Started by Tonyz, 16th June 2006 06:49 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

8mm, aliminium, building, double, frame, glass, glazing, home, insulating, insulation, joke, money, object, pane, responces, single, thicker, timber, tonto, windows, windows-

Replies: 30
Views: 6,336

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd November 2007 01:51 PM; by totoblue

Forum:
DOORS, WINDOWS, ARCHITRAVES & SKIRTS ETC

Shed insulation a brush on option

Started by David L, 16th November 2007 05:28 PM

,simple, brush, home, hot, insulation, motor, option, product, provide, quick, roaming, shed, shedsc, simple, site, sounds, web

Replies: 5
Views: 3,374

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th November 2007 03:30 PM; by Bloss

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Ply Insulation

Started by roniop, 19th November 2007 12:13 PM

19mm, 21mm, 25mm, flooring, insulation, ply, properties, thick

Replies: 1
Views: 1,996

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th November 2007 02:22 PM; by Bloss

Forum:
FLOORING, DECKING, STUMPS, etc.

Cavity Wall Insulation - Melbourne area

Started by MarkWags, 16th July 2007 06:17 PM

area, blown, boards, cavity, chemical, condition, contractor, eith, external, foam, house, insulation, internal, material, melbourne, moved, option, pulling, recently, recommend, retrofit, rock, views, wall, walls, weatherboard, wool

Replies: 3
Views: 5,075

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th November 2007 02:31 PM; by MarkWags

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

Perth Re-Roof

Started by perthreno, 12th November 2007 03:30 PM

265m2, 276m2, advise, colorbond, company, decided, downpipe, forward, gutters, happy, hear, insulation, leave, metre, names, perth, price, quotes, rate, re-batten, re-roof, recently, remove, reroof, square, tiles, undertaken, unhappy

Replies: 0
Views: 1,272

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th November 2007 03:30 PM; by perthreno

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Which R value for insulation?

Started by Wolfs, 7th November 2007 05:13 PM

3.0, bats, effective, galvanised, insulate, insulation, iron, rating, workshop

Replies: 6
Views: 2,352

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th November 2007 10:50 AM; by SilentButDeadly

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Another Insulation Question

Started by DNL, 4th September 2007 11:09 PM

bugger, building, cable, channel, cheers, conduit, electrical, fascia, fit, garage, inside, insulate, insulation, job, mesh, pieces, placing, question, roof, sag, secure, shed, sorting, suggestions, taut, thinking, ties, top, wire, wiring

Replies: 3
Views: 1,846

Last Post By:: Last Post: 4th November 2007 11:07 PM; by DNL

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Underfloor insulation

Started by MarkWags, 2nd August 2007 11:58 AM

batts, benefits, boards, boxing, bugs, cement, enclosing, floor, form, handling, hold, insulation, joists, lot, mesh, nicer, noise, pine, polyester, provide, reduction, sag, thermal, thinking, treated, underfloor, vermin, wire

Replies: 3
Views: 2,458

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd November 2007 11:40 AM; by Smurf

Forum:
FLOORING

Double gyprock Vs insulation???

Started by Rhino666, 30th October 2007 07:04 PM

900mm, add, added, batts, builder, cavity, ceiling, couple, double, existing, expensive, gyprock, insulate, insulated, insulation, interior, layer, layers, lot, office, option, plasterboard, proofing, sound, space, tiles, travels, wall, walls, walls3m

Replies: 8
Views: 20,940

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st October 2007 08:38 PM; by pawnhead

Forum:
PLASTERING

Exposing standard roof trusses

Started by ronafios, 21st October 2007 01:33 PM

attach, battens, cable, ceiling, centre, easy, electrical, experience, exposing, fine, fixing, gyprock, informal, insight, insulation, lighting, living, plaster, relocate, roof, roofline, services, single, sky, standard, tiled, trusses, underside, valued, windows

Replies: 8
Views: 6,886

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th October 2007 08:54 AM; by DvdHntr

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Sound proofing between floors

Started by Spelunx, 21st October 2007 10:21 AM

appears, bats, ceiling, cheers, comming, current, cut, dramatically, effective, floor, floors, glue, idea, insulation, jayson, joists, lot, panels, planning, plasterboard, product, proofing, replaced, result, rock-wool, sound, stick, strammit, strips, upper

Replies: 6
Views: 4,478

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th October 2007 10:18 PM; by Spelunx

Forum:
PAINTING, PLASTERING, TILING, DECORATING, etc.

How to make cut out for windows, and how to install insulation/roofing?

Started by FlyingDuck, 1st September 2007 10:56 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

aligned, bit, cbond, cut, cuts, ground, hearing, holes, inbetween, install, installing, insulation, insulation or roofing, lay, lining, make, method, neat, pile, purlins, roof, sheets, stay, straight, taking, terms, tricky, underneath, walls, windows

Replies: 16
Views: 4,586

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th October 2007 03:23 PM; by Geebung

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Downlight Clearence

Started by freeman, 16th September 2007 09:30 PM

150mm, 16mm, 50mm, approx, beams, call, clearence, directly, downlight, downlights, due, gap, height, hot, insulation, layed, leave, lighttransformer, mdf, minimum, moment, ontop, plaster, question, roof, rule, sheets, thoughtsguidence, thumbregulation, understand

Replies: 6
Views: 3,910

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st September 2007 12:59 PM; by me3_neuralfibre

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

erecting my shed

Started by rat52, 7th September 2007 12:14 PM

100mm, 400mmx400mmx400mm, bit, bolted, brick, chose, deep, deeper, door, erect, erecting, factory, front, girts, holes, insulation, lay, matter, posts, purlins, roof, setting, shed, slab, sliding, square, stools, trusses, wall, water

Replies: 10
Views: 2,887

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th September 2007 04:57 PM; by rat52

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Attic tin roof insulation options sought (Foil batts, wirly birds...)

Started by Leviathon, 31st August 2007 02:25 PM

120mm, adding, attic, batts, bedroom/study, bird, birds, ceiling, concerned, concertina, consists, floor, foil, heat, include, insulated, insulation, laid, layer, living, options, roof, sought, space, study, study/bedroom, tin, upstairs, walls, wirly

Replies: 5
Views: 6,506

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th September 2007 10:58 PM; by Spoon Man

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Hydronic heating panel location?

Started by stu71, 6th September 2007 11:26 AM

add, batts, convective, curtains, developed, difference, distrbutes, eski, external, front, heat, heater, heating, house, hydronic, ideally, insulation, internal, location, logic, panel, panels, passes, perspective, r0.5, radiated, spoken, theory, wall, window

Replies: 4
Views: 3,296

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th September 2007 09:53 PM; by renc

Forum:
HEATING & COOLING

Framing underneath my house.

Started by BrissyBrew, 19th August 2007 10:38 AM

batts, boards, bracing, brands, breathable, chamfer, concrete, cost, costs, framing, gal, gun, house, inside, insulation, materials, nails, paint, posts, recommendations, sarking, size, slab, suggestions, types, undercoat, underneath, vapour, white, windows

Replies: 12
Views: 2,781

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th August 2007 01:47 PM; by Dirty Doogie

Forum:
STRUCTURAL RENOVATION, ROOFING, DEMOLITION, etc

Retrofitting wall insulation

Started by totoblue, 8th June 2007 04:29 PM

access, air, balance, blowing, bottom, colder, expanding, exterior, foam, foil, guess, half, heat, hole, hot, house, inside, insulation, lower, moisture, pulling, removing, retrofitting, rises, roof, tiles, wall, walls, weatherboard, wick

Replies: 8
Views: 11,766

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th August 2007 05:09 PM; by totoblue

Forum:
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, COOLING, etc

insulation in existing gyprock wall

Started by alwayscurious, 4th February 2006 07:44 AM

alwayscurious, cheers, drill, existing, expanding, foam, gyprock, holes, home, idea, initial, inside, insulating, insulation, method, midday, noggings, noisy, post, question, series, sleep, square, squirt, stud-detector, studs, successful, time, wake, wall

Replies: 10
Views: 4,460

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th August 2007 10:32 AM; by Lozza

Forum:
PAINTING, PLASTERING, TILING, DECORATING, etc.

Insulating Shed/Garage, again!

Started by juliussee, 10th September 2005 03:59 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

adrian, air, blanket, building, built, ceiling, cell, colorbond, deciding, definate, discussed, erected, foil, guys, insulate, insulated, insulating, insulation, lining, option, roof, shed or garage, shed/garage, sheeting, stage, structure, stuff, trouble, wall, walls

Replies: 21
Views: 18,968

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st August 2007 06:07 PM; by Dan

Forum:
THE GARDEN SHED

Install insulation into old walls ?

Started by bugsy, 24th July 2007 12:12 PM

batts, exterior, fibrous, inside, install, insulation, noise, plaster, pulling, re-plastering, reduction, thinking, viable, wall, walls

Replies: 4
Views: 1,859

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th July 2007 11:10 PM; by rod@plasterbrok

Forum:
PLASTERING

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Poll: What is your preferred type of insulation