flooring

Hi there! I'm new to the forum, and i wanted to get some advice. Several years ago, I helped my parents make an epoxy coated pebble patio for her back yard and the end result was absolutely gorgeous, and held up surprisingly well even through loads of rain (and one earthquake). I'm going to be...

Just fitted some LVT in the kitchen and had to cut under some upstairs/side panels to slide the boards under. Am about to fit the plinths (which I've painted the edges of to give some protection against spills and mopping) but am left with a bare edge on the upstand. Don't want to silicon it...

Hi, We're converting our airing cupboard space into an enclosed shower. We currently have headroom inside it (floor board to ceiling) of 1900mm. We want to bring this up to 2000 or even 2100 if possible. We cannot move the ceiling upwards since joist in the loft run right above it. So we...

Hello I cleaned up my garage floor and wanted to lay down 100mm PIR insulation, TG chipboard... It is a concrete base floor at the moment with dips. See picture attached. I have read to put KILN dried sand on the areas.... Any suggestions?

We are in the middle of a small kitchen extension and have installed wet UFH over insulation and screed which was laid on 13th December. We have engineered wood flooring to be installed on top (glue down). Our builder is now saying because the flooring is glue down it will need more drying time...

We are beginning a garage conversion and need to achieve a U-Value of 0.22 with the floor. The suggestion to achieve this is 100mm Celotex insulation. The existing floor to ceiling is 248cm but at the front of the garage its slightly lower at 237cm. I believe building the 100mm Celotex floor...

Hi, I laid Mapei self levelling compound in my kitchen and hall Wednesday morning but it still seems like areas are still damp/ not fully dry. They are hard to touch and feel the same as the other areas but are of a darker colour. They also don’t seem to be improving with a fan/heat. Reckon...

Hi, I am looking for a transitioning strip for uneven flooring in between the bedroom (7mm, lvt) and the ensuite (30mm, porcelain tiles). I cannot find a variable height t-bar that covers the 23mm gap. What else can be used?

Hi, I want to reduce the bounce in my suspended timber floor in the Dining room. The floor has overlay screeded UFH with an engineered wood finish and will bounce slightly if you are in the middle of the room. I have access from below via a basement, where the joists are approx 230mm x 45mm...

Some info: I've got 10mm laminate, going onto 5mm foam gold foil backed underlay with a chipboard subfloor. Questions: 1. Do you need to run the underlay up the wall a few inches instead of just flush to the wall edges, then cut it away at the end? Why is this? Seems a faff with the spacers...

Hello is there a rule for the maximum thickness of screed i should use? My garage conversion has around 20cm concrete. I am going to put 100mm PIR insulation on top of the DPM. how thick can i apply the screed? 50mm?

So did a loft conversion and the builder did the staircase in the way they think it should be done - assuming all carpets in the house, except I’ve stated it clearly that we intend to get wood flooring in the loft. So the issue is they made the top stair step flush with the subfloor, rather...

Hi, I know this not very likely, but I was wondering if anyone might know where I could buy some laminate flooring exactly like this: https://www.diy.com/departments/5013599004217-tileloc-farmhouse-stone-tile-eff-2-50sqm/37776_BQ.prd My mother has this flooring in her kitchen (bought from B&Q...

Hi, Will be taking up my floorboards in an upstairs bathroom and fitting caberflooring of which needs to be screeded to be made level as it's about 11mm out. I've bought Mapei Ultraplan 3240 Self-Levelling Compound 25kg...

Hope this is the right forum category for this, apologies if not. Long story short... we had a shelving unit pushed up against a wall in the living room of the house, it's been there between one and two years. Moved it away recently and found a damp patch on the carpet around 1.5 ft long by 1...

Am having a hip to gable loft conversion done hopefully this Summer. I've heard in some quarters that the eves cupboard storage space should not be insulated and boarded up in order to allow flow of air. Yet many people apparently have this done, either to avoid drafts, heat loss, or for...

Hello everyone. Happy friday. I am looking for advice on how to finish this strip between two exposed floorboard rooms… There used to be a raised tradition strip that was a trip hazard. I would ideally like to keep the new transition level with the floor. I was thinking to trim the edges of...

I have recently purchased a house with an old extension, leading up to the extension the floor is suspended and the back 2 metre of the house is concrete. The concrete seems dry with no signs of damp and previously they had T&G chipboard screwed directly to the the concrete with laminate on top...

The day after I stopped to "relax" for Xmas , our converted outhouse/office water pipe burst :confused: Thus, xmas was a chaos of ripping up the flooring and borrowing heaters and dehumidifers and running to and fro to the tip. The chipboard floor was sodden, and the mineral wool insulation...

Hi all, I’m looking to get my carpets changed as cheaply as possible. This is purely because where I’m staying is a short term solution however the carpets desperately need to be changed because firstly they STINK and secondly it’s a very old fashioned and busy pattern. Anyway, my max budget is...