Index to General Building articles
- Cladding - external timber and uPVC plank cladding
explained
- Concrete
- Metric calculator - for concrete volumes - squares, rectangles, circles and triangles.
- Metric calculator - for working out the quantities of cement, sand, gravel or all-in ballast required for a volume.
- Imperial calculator - for concrete volumes - squares, rectangles, circles and triangles.
- Imperial calculator - for working out the quantities of cement, sand, gravel or all-in ballast required for a volume.
- Fixings for different types of walls - how to make strong fixings
to brick, block, stud, plasterboard, lathe and plaster, and dry lined walls
- Plasterboard:
- Types of plasterboard explained.
- Cutting and fixing plasterboard - cutting straight line and cutouts, fixing with nails and screws.
- Filling plasterboard joints - finishing the joints with tape and filler.
- Finishing plasterboard corners with metal plasterboard corner strips.
- Plaster ceilings - lath & plaster and plasterboard
construction explained.
- Plaster walls - lath & plaster, straight plaster, stud
walling and dry lining construction explained.
- Plaster repairs:
- Lath and plaster wall repairs - step by step guide to repairing holes in lath and plaster walls.
- Plaster wall repairs (large) - step by step guide to repairing large areas in plastered walls.
- Plaster wall repairs (small) - step by step guide to repairing cracks in plastered walls and external plaster corners.
- Repairing large holes in stud walls or ceilings - step by step guide to repairing large holes in plasterboard stud partition walls and ceilings.
- Repairing small holes in stud walls - step by step guide
to repairing small holes in plasterboard stud partition walls.
- Roofing:
- Felting and battening - a step by step guide to putting on the felt and battens for a slate or tile roof.
- Glossary of roofing terms
- Repairing plain tile roofs - a guide to the practical aspects of repairing plain tile roofs.
- Repairing slate roofs - a guide to the practical aspects of repairing slate roofs.
- Replacing ridge tiles - a guide to replacing loose and dislodged ridge tiles on the roof.
- Using interlocking tiles - a guide to the practical aspects of roofing with interlocking tiles with side overlaps.
- Using ridge tiles - a guide to the practical aspects of fixing ridge tiles to slate and tile roofs.
- Using plain roofing tiles - a guide to the practical aspects of roofing using plain tiles.
- Using slates - a guide to the practical aspects of roofing with slates.
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