adhesive

A little confused here. When using solvent free adhesives the tube says one surface must be porous. Like the no nonsense one and even grip fill solvent free: https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-11665502-grab-adhesive-solvent-free-white-310ml/87451 Now when fixing wood mouldings, dado rails...

I am doing the kitchen in a house that I have bought. The plasterboard (dot and dab) lined walls are in many places hollow but the plasterboard itself is in a decent enough state. I was thinking of drilling holes and pumping plasterboard adehesive into the area behind the plasterboard to rebond...

Hi all, Need advise on how to adhere a quadrant shaped border tile onto existing bumpy gloss wall tiles. Issue I’m trying to solve is a relatively large gap between a shower tray and the wall tiles. Gap was unavoidable as the walls were already in place when I replaced the tray, so have filled...

Hi All, So I stripped out my old bathroom with all good intentions of trying a DIY bathroom refurb. i managed to chase in the new shower pipes and alter the plumbing for the new bath , which I have sighted see photos. Now i think my walls are slightly out which has put me in a dilemma for the...

Is this stuff recommended for priming a dusty screeded pathway outside before laying victorian paving tiles... https://www.toppstiles.co.uk/fixing-finishing/primer/bal-all-in-one-plus-primer-1ltr?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyLjrs4i98wIV2RkGAB0TCAU9EAQYASABEgLWcPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Hi I’m living on my own and I have recently had patio slabs laid by a builder. There is quite a large surface area laid and I have counted 21 slabs that can be lifted after being laid. Builder flattened the ground with a Wacker plate and laid slabs on a wet mix. The slabs are not rocking but are...

I used some Homebase wallpaper seam repair adhesive on my wallpaper and it has left a cream coloured stain. I have successfully used this product before many times and am always careful to wipe away the excess. The wallpaper in question is not vinyl coated. Any advice on how to get rid of the...

Hi All, There's just so many grab adhesives out there claiming to be the 'best', the strongest or fastest curing, I wanted to ask you guys what grab adhesive is the best and for what exact job? There's different technologies, so many brands - Everbuild, CT1, Soudal, Geocel etc. who each have so...

I am removing some vinyl lino flooring that was installed about 4 years ago. I'm replacing it with Kardean rigid core click laminate and I was intending on installing it without glueing it down. The installation notes specify glue should be removed via mechanical means (it says chemical removal...

Have just had walls and ceiling plastered. Plan to fit modern plastic polystyrene coving so must use non solvent adhesive. Hate the traditional plaster stuff too brittle to work with, polystyrene cuts easier. Should I put the coving onto bare plaster before mist coating and painting the walls...

I am deciding which insulated plasterboard to get for my solid wall insulation so would appreciate input from anyone who have fitted these before. I always assumed PIR was the highest standard offered in terms of thermal insulation boards but turns out there is also phenolic core. Never heard of...

Initially I just wanted the upstairs bedroom exterior (non cavity) solid wall levelled as it's bowed and unlevelled but most people have recommended just insulating. So after giving this a lot of thought and considering options for fitting insulated plasterboard I have decided the best way...

I'm looking for advice on how to fix two 6mm toughened, backpainted glass panels to a Marmox board substrate. The first picture shows the current state of the installation. The second picture is a computer generated visualisation of how its intended to look. I'd like to have the glass flush with...

Hapless diy-er in process of laying overlay wet system renolite 20mm xps boards over existing timber floorboards which are level enough to take the 20mm foam boards before having floor installer lay 14mm timber engineer flooring. Long story short I picked up the wrong adhesive to glue the xps...

Anyone have any ideas what adhesive (preferably gun applied) sticks to exposed gypsum (unpapered plasterboard)? I'm wanting to fix aluminium channel to routed plasterboard. I'm thinking CT1 but would I need to use a primer on the gypsum first - maybe one of the Zinsser primers like BIN or Peel...

Hi, I've got my full house to refit with skirting but I've never done it before. There's around 100m to fit, on top of newly plastered walls. I was originally planning to use pink grip to attach everything, but then I saw lots of positive comments about insta stik and some comments saying...

I am putting a very narrow border tile (40mm strips off a white tile) around patterned tiles in an understairs wc floor. The border tile (as was the only one we could get) is about 2-3mm taller than the primary tile. I want to reduce the difference to more or less seamless. I was thinking the...

Good morning everyone. I have purchased some porcelain tiles 600x300x9mm. I have tiled in the past for a quick job at work (Electrical maintenance engineer but get dragged into all sorts!) I'm looking at getting some advice on the type/size of notched trowel to use, all searches I have done...

I'm looking to tile my bathroom floor, which currently has some vinyl floor tiles with vinyl 'grout' strips laid on it. I have pulled one of these up and it appears to be laid on plywood, but the adhesive it leaves behind is pretty stubborn to remove and not really leaving a very smooth surface...

Novice here looking for advice.... https://www.starelstones.co.uk/product-page/hexagon-newyork-gold-per-sqm-vat-incl Purchased polished (not highly) marble mosaic tiles on water based glue net backing 10mm depth. What adhesive should I buy.....fast/slow set ? Any brand...