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Hi, We had a 12mm herringbone laminate floor installed last year, on top of rolls of new underlay. But it has always crackled/popped when walking over it, and is driving us crazy. Is this normal for this kind of floor? Video attached (please turn volume up), thanks.

Hello, I've removed some interior tiles at the foot of my aliminium front door to create a well for a coir mat. This has revealed a small plastic bar and some brick work. Does anyone know what this small plastic bar is doing? Can I remove this or is it something integral to prevent damp? Photo...

Hello, This crack opened up several years ago. I've also had some minor subsidence on the same side but to the rear of this wall but the surveyor who came to look at that said it wasn't associated with that. The 'drop' is maximum 10mm at the stair end and probably a couple of mm at the other...

I have a tiled kitchen floor, all tiles and grout are in good condition and level. I am looking to lay a new floor (probably vinyl sheet) and would ideally like to avoid taking the tiles up or screeding over them (due to time/cost/lack of timely availability of trades). Any recommendations for a...

I've had a new extension added to my kitchen and had the existing outside wall removed. The kitchen floor is a floating chipboard subfloor and the extension is the same. At the time of the build I wasn't sure what flooring I wanted to run through the kitchen and have now decided to have LVT...

Hi All Thank you in advanced for your help, Basically I have a garage where I am going to be laying down some pvc garage floor tiles, however I was hoping to raise the floor level so it's not a step down into the garage. Currently there is a concrete base that is not level at all and has...

Right, long story short our upstairs is floored with 18mm chipboard, with tongue and groove joints. Problems are: - the guy who owned the house before us did it himself, so nothing is glued, only screwed. It’s by no means the only job he absolutely sh*gged up. - multiple hatches have been cut...

Hello, I'm looking for some help from more experienced builders for my project. I have a balcony floor which has to be elevated around 5cm. Concrete is not an option because of weight and drying time. The floor is covered with a bituminous felt which I intend to keep and also sloped to 2 drain...

Hey everyone, so a floor joist in my kitchen has rotted across most of it's length due to some prolonged water damage (now sorted). I'm going to replace the joist completely it was attached with a few big nails into masonary and had dropped, doesn't seem secure for a floor that sees heavy use in...

Recently started to renovate the flooring in the house - we had carpets and we want to get tiles. However as I read on the topic, I became a bit concerned about how the contractor is doing our flooring. The contractor is supplying all of the materials apart from the tiles themselves. The old...

Hi all Im totally stripping my property back to brick and timber and starting afresh and retrofitting as soundly as I can i.e. its my last renovation, last house and dont want to do anything again. Ive totally stripped my first room and will be buying a backing board style product for the...

Hi, This winter has highlighted how cold my concrete floors are down stairs. Has anybody used Kingspans insulation and overboarded it to warm up a cold house? If so, is it any good? How did you do it?

Hi all, I was hoping someone may be able to help. I purchased a property this summer that has had a kitchen extension done 5 years ago. The extension is basically 1 wall with a slanted roof which has widened the kitchen. All seemed fine with paperwork & survey etc but this week a 2cm gap has...

Hi there, I'm looking at laying some engineered wood flooring in my living room. The current floor is comprised of old wooden planks and a corner of concrete where the fireplace used to be. Doing some research I saw that it's possible to lay plywood sheets down first, then lay the engineered...

Hi – grateful for any help with this. I'm thinking of turning a first floor bedroom in a 1910 house into a bathroom. The room is rectangular, with load bearing walls on three sides and 2x9" joists running lengthwise at 10-12" centres. Local BC told me I might have to strengthen the floor for the...

Hi there I viewed a stone end terrace house built before 1900 and it has partly suspended wood floors and partly concrete floors on the ground floor. The concrete floor is clearly damp in places and in one room at the front corner of the house it is very damp and an attempt to scree over...

Hi all, I have a suspended floor in my loft room, nailed down. The eave floors are nicely insulated, mainly with chipboard over B&Q Diall insulation, and are well ventilated. However, the habitable loft room floor – 80% of the entire loft floor - has practically no insulation under it, and the...

And also what caused it? It did have a flooded bathroom, maybe that? How would I go about repairing it, maybe chisel away at the raised part then refill and flatten? I added an outside pic for reference. Cheers.

I have a concrete slab floor and I need to raise it by 2-3inches what would be the best way of doing this? Originally I was going to pour some concrete, however I have recently seen some self-levelling compounds which can pour to a depth of 2inches is this a viable option of are there...

Hi, I'm moving into a new home with unbelievably squeaky floorboards and carpet already laid over the top. I've researched briefly and found that you can secure the boards to the joists through the carpet. How reliable would you say this is? My vague plan was to try and find the joists then nail...