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I had Vinyl flooring fitted in my kitchen in 2015. A few days ago I cooked myself a baked potato in the microwave (as I have done many times before!). However, after ten minutes (2 x 5 minutes) + 2 minutes cooling; the potato was black! Therefore I put the potato in the bin and microwaved...

Hi All, Just over a year ago I had a leaky rising main stop cock under the sink. This caused some water damage to the laminate floorboards. The separation and bubbling continued to get worse however, so I decided to pull the worst damaged board up to see if there was any other water, but...

I purchased the following Duravit Shower Tray (1500x700): https://www.duravit.co.uk/products/all_series/starck_tubs__showers.com-en.html?product=1616323 I have not yet unboxed it, but from the drawings it looks like the profile on the bottom of the tray is sloped - with a 20mm 'lip' all the...

Hi, I have a metal shed which I originally bought without a floor as I had arranged a concrete base to put the shed on as part of some renovation work. However, once the shed was put on the concrete base I found that rainwater was making it's way inside the shed so I bought a plastic grid base...

Who in UK has a siliconate penetrating concrete sealer in stock? I only need sufficient for a 25M^2 concrete garage floor. So far, all online searches yield suppliers who are currently out of stock. I’m thinking of something like PS101 which seems to out of stock everywhere. Suggestions...

My new shed is needing a suitable floor covering for its intended purpose - exercise bike, treadmill and weights (if there's space). Popular opinion seems to be some form of rubber floor, either in tiles or sheet-roll, which I'd agree appears to be durable, cleanable, nonslip and water...

Has anyone done this or got any thoughts on it? Not to use as bare floorboards but if planning a suspended timber floor with laminate or engineered wood as the eventual finish they look very price competitive compared to chipboard, not to mention easier to put down & far more resilient in damp...

How much would it cost to dig/create out a conversation pit 2.5x1.5x0.5m in the ground floor of a house?

Hello everyone, There is no mention specifically about SLC over polyethylene paints. The general consensus of leveling over paint is a no no as the adhesion is not there. I have a large area of floor that needs levelling out slightly to get rid of the ridges in the laid concrete. The concrete...

Hey everyone! I am building a concrete block shed, or rarher two sharing one wall. Each one a bit smaller than 7x5 meters. I am about to pour foundation, 60cm deep, 30cm thick and take the blocks from there until i get a bit over the ground level. Next i will want to lay a concrete slab within...

hi all, i have a shed that i want to convert into an office. i am planning on doing the floors first and they currently look like in the pictures attached. how can i get the floor flat? i know nothing about building but would like to give it a go on project like this. thanks!

Hi, Would be nice to put some boards down for storage in this Victorian roof space and be able to move around, store Christmas decorations and other stuff. It's at the back above my sons bedroom, accessed from a hatch on the landing - headroom in centre is about 5', there is no lighting. The...

Hi. I am wanting to level the floor where I will be installing a multi-fuel stove on a hearth. The depth in the opening is approx 2-3cm and then surrounding area is the depth of parquet flooring approx 1cm. Was thinking of a mix of sharp sand and cement for the deeper bit (that maybe exposed to...

The (4m long) stud sole is fixed thru the membrane, the fixing holes are sealed. Is it wiser to fix the lower horiz. boards raised up slightly, off the membrane to prevent membrane damage? Or do boards need support along the lower edge, provided by the floor? Thanks, Dain

Hi, Just removed my old T&G plank and at the beginning I though that below I had a very strong Concrete flooring but this is not the case. I made few trial hole and the drill bits goes in like a soft cream and what come out is a black soil. the all flooring does not sound very strong and my...

New tiles on bathroom floor, a couple of days old. The floor tiles are not perfectly level but very close. I've noticed the grout is several mm below tile level, between tiles and at some wall area. It is deeply ressessed where the wall and floor tiles meet and missing behind soil pipe. Also...

Hi all. I had a squeaky uneven upstairs bedroom floor that seemed to go downhill at one end. I removed old t&g floor to find the room straddled the wall between utility room and the garage. The top of the breeze blocks being higher than the top of the joists. So am now a bit puzzled as to how to...

I have sound insulated my wooden floor using MuteMat 3 and the flanking strip that comes with it. However my contractor left a part which is not part of the wall (therefore there is no skirting board) that touches the wardrobe without the strip, and I realized the other day that there is light...

Hey all I'm in the process of renovating the living room of our 1900 built Victorian end-terrace. When I went into the project, I knew that I'd probably find some issues with the floor as there were a few soft spots. I'd also planned to pull and replace all of the floorboards in order to...

I'm putting a horned threshold(cill) in the bottom of a new door frame, because there's a step down from the hallway. And I'd like tiles in the hall, to back of cill. Do 330x300 floor tile thicknesses vary much? What is standard grout thickness? I need to set the cill top at the right...