sealing

HI guys - recently installed a new shower with 2 tiled walls over tanked hardiebacker stud walls. Getting a bit of trouble with water egress to both corners, I've reapplied the sealant around the tray and fairly confident it's not that. I've noticed the grout lines between the tiles go very...

Can anyone give me some advice lease? We have an old cottage inglenook fireplace with a wood burning 'stove' installed in the early 2000's. The floor is old stone 'crazy' paving with cement 'pointing. Can anyone recommend how best to seal the stone so that it has a semi-matt finish that is...

Hi I like to think I'm a reasonably capable DIYer and have an old concealed shower that needs to be replaced (it's letting the hot and cold feeds mix and the temperature isn't controllable). Unfortunately, it's buried in the tiled (external) wall behind the bath so access is limited and I...

I have a lean to greenhouse with styrene windows. They need sealing - unfortunately it’s already been put up so I’ll need to ‘retro seal’ the roof panes what should I use to seal the windows? The link to the shed is here: https://www.sheds.co.uk/adley-4-x-8-lean-to-wooden-greenhouse.html Thanks!

Wondering if there is any point or need for priming/sealing the unexposed bare side of MDF skirting boards like back, bottom and sides? Will sealing the back affect the use of an adhesive like gripfill? Make it grab better perhaps and stronger?

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 have just bought a flat, it has a corrigated garage roof but you can see through the gap at the edges of the roof, should I seal it to stop drafts when it is windy it rattles, it is dry but cold

Hello, we have moved into an old cottage grade 2 listed which has gorgeous floorboards. The problem is they don't seem to have been sealed/waxed/varnished/oiled. We really like the look of them but in high traffic areas and areas where lots of food ends up on the floor (from the kids) they just...

Old kitchen boiler replaced with external unit. Need to seal flue at chimney and kitchen wall where metal flue has been sawn off flush to wall in preparation for new kitchen units. Chimney 'expert' advised: "silicone-seal chimney with clay disk and fill corresponding kitchen flue exit/hole in...

I am having a new kitchen installed and the walls are looking gouged and uneven as the tiles have been taken off. The builder has suggested the new cabinets can just be hung on top as nobody will see the state of the wall. That may be so, however it doesn't seem right to me. Should the wall be...

Hi guys, going to install my own kitchen in a few months and have a query please. If running laminate flooring to the feet of the units is it common to use a pvc plinth sealing strip to help prevent water ingress in the event of a spillage etc? Is this quite discrete? I've seen some people...

Hi, im currently in the process of installing a new bathroom with stud walling, I have moisture resistant boards to put up but was wondering do the exterior walls of the new bathroom need sealing before I fix the stud wall structure to it? Thank you in advance for your time

Hi, I'm attempting to lay a new plywood subfloor in a small first floor bathroom. I've not done it before and would like to check whether I need to seal all surfaces or just the cut edges. Also, which sealer is best for the job? We're not absolutely sure which flooring we shall use but I'm...

There are plenty of tutorials for sealing/caulking bathtubs. However, my bathtub has a kind of skirting around its edge, as in picture: How do I go about that? Should I caulk both edges? I plan to use standard silicone, would that be good for both? Is there any particular I should keep in mind...

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...

there seems to be a lot of info out there about full restoration of minton floor tiles but not so much about just giving them a blimmin good clean. ours are in generally good condition but the cream ones have a slightly rough mottled surface that traps dirt and even bleach deosnt seem to make a...

I was in a hurry to have a metal building put up for storage. Apparently I didn’t plan it correctly the shed was built directly over existing, concrete had the builders come and put it together and water leaks in through bottom after it rained. What can I do about this? Tried some silicon...

Hi, I know the carpenters are going to cringe... but I have bought flat pack furniture(!) and would like to know how to seal the exposed bits of wood. After googling I have used watered down pva (too watered I think 1:1) and the underside of the drawers have been left rough to the touch. Also...

Can anyone recommend a decent quality white sealant for the bathroom both waterproof and paintable? Thanks in advance

First post so apologies if I'm unclear or should be elsewhere! I've just had a shower tray installed in a new bathroom, it's been cemented in and connected up. We're wanting to use the original wooden floor for the bathroom and I've cut the boards to fit as tight as possible around the...