Making floor for basement conversion (ed.)

[martin hill]

Looking spot on. Things always feel better when you can see it coming together.

 

[Mr Chibs]

Thanks for the update. Good job.

If it’s any consolation it’s cheaper to buy pir and plasterboard as separate sheets, for your walls... yes it’s a bit more long winded, but it’s doable.

Suppose you can see how you go when it gets a bit chilly later in the year.

That’s a lot a SLC!

 

[Loscie]

The plasterer has been and gone and am now waiting for the plaster to dry out. The end is certainly in sight, which is actually a bit sad as I have no projects left!

 

[Mr Chibs]

There's ALWAYS another project

Well done, will probably be dry by tomorrow!

 

[Loscie]

well, the basement was delayed for a little while following an unfortunate family event. I didn't even go in the basement for a week and unfortunately the plaster hadn’t dried out and I’d left the window closed. The fan also hadn’t been wired in at this point so the result was mould! A fair amount of it too. I had to dehumidify the room getting it to low 30’s to kill the mould along with mould killing spray. Took about two weeks for the plaster to fully dry out and get the humidity under control. It’s now painted with everything wired in. Just the carpet and skirting to go now!

My Question..................

With regards to the carpeting, I can't screw the skirting into plasterboard on dabs as I risk puncturing the membrane and I also fear the carpet fitters will rip the skirting off and damage the palsterboard. Any suggestions? They also won't glue the carpet to the underlay but they will glue the underlay to the floor. Which doesn't help me.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Glue the carpet gripper around the edge of the floor, fit underlay then fit the carpet.

Andy

 

[Mr Chibs]

Looks Smart, well done.

If you don’t want to break the Tanking membrane for your walls, then you will have to glue on the skirting boards, I’d glue the one with something like gripfill, and if possible I’d prop it overnight (From other side of room, and long bits of wood) to make sure it really sets, I’ve rushed them before and they have come unstuck.

 

[martin hill]

Looking bob on. Nice and light and airy room now. Use either of the below for the skirting and the fitters won't rip off the boards. The grip fill is great as when you put the boards on you can also run a thin bead at the top edge of the skirting and wipe the excess off for a nice finish to the wall so no gaps.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/evo-stik-sticks-like-sh-t-adhesive-290ml/22070
https://www.screwfix.com/p/gripfill-solvent-free-white-350ml/64958

 

[Loscie]

Thanks everyone. I'll go with with some adhesive, fingers crossed!

 

[Loscie]

I never got round to sharing the final images.. Really happy with the end result. About 9 months start to finish which is obviously a lot longer than if I paid someone to do it but I have saved £££'s! For the flooring, we went with regular carpet fit, gripper and no adhesive but just said the to the fitter please be careful the skirting is only glued on! I only had two small cracks to be made good on, so was very pleased with that.

Other things to note, humidity is great never above 49% since plaster dried out, has been at 32% when we were out for a few days. I have a trickle vent permanently open and the humidistat on constantly on the lowest setting. It has never gone into overdrive function.

By the far the most involved project I've undertaken to date but that doesn't necessarily mean it was complex.

Less the furniture but including the carpet and fitting it cost just under £3.5k. 1.1K of that was on the plastering.

On to the next project!

 

[Mr Chibs]

Thanks for the update, always good to hear a few months down the line.

looks like a tidy job and nice the know it’s not damp.

good luck for future projects.

Chibs

 

[Loscie]

Mr Chibs, thank you for following and for your advice!