On Apr 9, 9:50 pm, John Rumm <see.my.signat...@nowhere.null> wrote:
> On 09/04/2012 21:31, NT wrote:
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> > On Apr 9, 8:29 pm, John Rumm<see.my.signat...@nowhere.null> wrote:
> >> On 09/04/2012 19:59, NT wrote:
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> >>> On Apr 9, 12:51 pm, "Bert Coules"<
m...@bertcoules.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>> After a long gap for winter, injury and other boring impediments, my
> >>>> low-budget garage to workshop conversion is underway again.
>
> >>>> Following all the advice here, I lined the sectional concrete walls and
> >>>> corrugated steel ceiling with Celotex-type insulation, then clad the walls
> >>>> with OSB. Now it's time to clad the ceiling: I was thinking of using white
> >>>> uPVC t&g boards from Wickes:
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> >>>>
http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/120381
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> >>>> but for the area I have to cover (essentially four 4'x8' panels) the price
> >>>> is higher than I'd ideally like. Any suggestions for alternatives? I want
> >>>> to simply stick the cladding onto the foil surface of the Celotex, so it has
> >>>> to be lightweight as well as more durable than the insulation.
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> >>>> Many thanks.
>
> >>>> Bert
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> >>> I'd go with plasterboard, 9mm. PVA sticks well to both foil a dpaper,.
> >>> You'd need a couple of deadmen/deadmans and a couple of sticks for an
> >>> hour whie it dries.
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> >> If doing PB I would glue it with expanding foam...
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> > Poor Bert could end up with a very low ceiling :)
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> Only if you let it expand - it works well as PU glue as well ;-)
One time I used expanding foam I did just that. I used a stack of
books to jam the piece firmly in place. Next day I saw the foam had