floor

Hello all, We are converting our garage but have hit a snag where the insulation of the floor is concerned. The height of the house level is only 2.54 cm above the level of the garage. Is it feasible to insulate the floor? What options do we have? Ideally, we want the floor to be level with...

Hi people! Am about to embark on a glue-down of a solid T&G wood floor onto a level new concrete sub-floor, with a layer of SLC on top. What type and brand of glue is best, for glueing down, and that will also work as well between the planks? All purpose construction adhesive, two-part epoxy...

Hi all I see mixed reviews of the different floor varnish brands, and wondered if anyone has an opinion on the best floor one for easy application, coverage, value, durability etc? Obvious one is Ronseal, but I don’t actually like any of the colours (fussy, I know) Have used Sadolin exterior...

The back story is floor is about 8 years old and there was a number of corners cut when building the house we've discovered over the years. The crack became evident when it came threw the kitchen tiles which have always been there. The legs in the photo are from the cooker which has also never...

Hello My house has a passageway between it as an the neighbors. It is about 1.2 m wide and over 15 meters long ending in a room in the back of the house. The bottom of the door facing the street is just few milliliters from the floor screed and it cannot be raised. I'm putting self...

Hi all. Sorry for what will be a big post and if this is in the wrong thread please move it to the more appropriate. I asked a builder to sort me a shed that could fit my motocycle in and do basic maintenance work on it, in the shed. He took the mick out of me on several occasions and I ended...

Evening guys, Hope you're all keeping safe Our kitchen has a solid 7 / 8 inch concrete slab which covers 95% of the kitchen - we've recently moved things around and now need to fill in the remaining 5% that isn't at the same level. I'd just like your opinions on ways I can fill it in My...

I have removed the old floors from a bathroom, around 5 square meter, and there was a celotex (50mm). It was sitting on a concrete slab. I repeated the same model, but I added a membering first then 50mm celotex then 12mm Hardibacker. I fixed the hardibacker with screws to the main concrete slab...

I have removed the old floors from a bathroom, around 5 square meter, and there was a celotex (50mm). It was sitting on a concrete slab. I repeated the same model, but I added a membering first then 50mm celotex then 12mm Hardibacker. I fixed the hardibacker with screws to the main concrete slab...

Hi all, I’m in the process of converting my garage into a warm room as a workshop, and the next step is to build a new floor as the concrete slab that’s there isn’t level and has lumps and bumps. As I have equipment on wheels, I want a nice flat floor to roll it around on. My plan is to use...

I had to remove portions of the existing subfloor chipboard panels (18mm depth), which now I need to replace (I already bought a new P5 panel). The problem is that one edge of the hole is irregular, and I'm worried that parts of the new chipboard won't have sufficient resting contact with the...

Hello I have a bathroom with black floor tiles and grey grout. Over time, some constant use areas near the bath/sink zone have developed fine hairline cracks in the grout and caused brown water stains. Most of the tiled area still looks good and I'd like to repair just the affected grout lines...

I need some advice on replacing wall plate in a late Georgian property. I took the carpet up in the front room and found period floorboards, spotted a bit of rot on the ends and went down to the untanked cellar underneath to take a look. Floor joists seem fine, but they sit on an extremely...

Hi All I am in the process of buying a house. It is about 80 - 90 years old and has a long list of problems that need to be sorted out. A number of the issues are to do with damp in some of the rooms due to some dodgy guttering. There is a concern that the floorboards are wet and might be...

Hi everyone. I need some advice on our bathroom floor and didn't want to waste a tradesman's time if it's something I can deal with. When we moved in, the old owner stated the 'swollen' floor was due to some old water damage. I have noticed over the past few months that the swelling is...

Hi guys, Wondering if you guys could help me sort out my new summer house. I moved into my new home a few months ago and it came with a wonderful summer house at the end of the garden. The previous owners were using it as a hot tub room but as they took that with them I though it would make a...

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and looking forward to your advise on this matter, so thanks in advance! I have an old property, circa 1900's, when I bought the house the ground floor (kitchen, back room and hallway) consisted of red and black quarry tiles laid on ash, which weren't level and...

Hi everyone, I’m after advice on the correct steps for the following desired outcome. We are converting half of our garage into an internal room. The current concrete floor is uneven, slopes into the middle of itself probably by about 100mm from the sides. Not sure on dampness but the garage is...

Hi, I recently started to clean a thick layer of mud off my Victorian Terrace house cellar blue brick floor with water and swept the water down the cellar waste drain in the corner of the room, I've only done half of it and left it so I can have some dinner, when I came back I noticed the...

Hi Guys Hope if you can help, im doing the prep to lay a floating laminate floor. Currently we have ceramic tiles layer directly on an old 70’s Parker floor. I have removed all the tiles with a hammer drill, cold chisel and lots of elbow grease. Next for the self leveling compound. Options...