Thanks a lot guys, great info...
So, Dukekamaya, you still did some waterproofing before the walls, right? That's why I thought that I lay the angles alone the walls and the…

Thanks for advice!
I guess second bathroom is going to be so much easier
Most of new studs are under the old ones and connected with metal…

UPDATE:
I didn't do much progress last weekend mainly for 2 reasons.
1) I like sleeping too much.
2) We went one step forward - one step back on Saturday.
Basically we successfully filled…

UPDATE:
I couldn't spend too much time working on the bathroom last weekend, but still did a bit of progress.
1) Got it inspected by a builder who confirmed that the walls…

The house was built in 1974 and the walls don't really look like common walls that are currently used. So I thought to save $100 on the lab test and…

Very good point. First I wanted just to cut about 20-30 centimeters from the bottom to do proper waterproofing. Then I thought that they were made of asbestos and decided…

Thanks piscean,
I've seen the first two links, but didn't see the last one. To me, limit by squire meters sounds a bit strange and hard to check. I mean…

No I haven't removed the walls yet...
Just spoke to someone from wsn.com.au and they said that it just has to be wrapped/sealed in 200micron builders plastic.
As it also has been…

Hehe
Well Unfortunately I don't really know how to get knowledgeable without getting some practice...
I'm reading quite a lot of material about it, but different articles…

Hi All,
I'm a new guy on the forum as well as I'm a new guy to the whole
renovation thing.
I work in IT and recently bought a villa in sans souci,…