Recent content by jonnyiles

Thanks guys. Is it possible to get replacement rollers for these machines?

Can anyone help me understand what has gone wrong with my planer thicknesser? It was working fine but getting a bit gunked up from stripping off bitumen from some parquet blocks so I took it to pieces and cleaned off al the bitumen etc. I put it back together and now the rollers don't seem to...

I have been looking for a frameless shower door to suit my alcove shower. I wanted the shower to be walk in but because the ceiling slopes I wont have enough room to walk round the panel. So I want to be able to open the panel (thus making it a door!) but I can't seem to find anything that is a...

I didn't install the mosaic. I've installed some parquet in another room which is where I used some kind of black dipping adhesive - can;t remember what it was but thought it was lecol. The mosaic is laid with a very thin layer of the black stuff - it's not brittle which is why I wondered if it...

woodyoulike. Just out of interest how do you know if the glue is bitumen and not something like Leccol5500 which is also black isn;t it? I'm sure I've used a modern dipping glue to stick down some blocks before. Could it be this? How would I tell and does it make any difference anyway? ie. could...

Holy flood gates. That sounds like a big job. Do I need to lay a liquid DPM as well? And will I need to shot blast the bitumen off or just scrape off as much as I can? Thanks for your help

The mosaic is the old floor, that was fine before the building work began. The new area hasn't been laid yet. The screed for the new area hasn't even been laid. The old floor was laid with some kind of black glue - it doesn't look brittle enough to be bitumen. The glue has obviously been applied...

I thought I had posted it under the floor section? Is this specifically a tiling section?

I have recently had one of my rooms extended. The room has parquet flooring. It is finger parquet that comes in 460mm squares and is about 10mm thick. It started from where the old wall used to be and is gradually creeping further and further in to the room. I haven't extended the floor into...

Thanks Richard. I think WBP ply was used for the shower tray but this was done by a plumber - I'll ask him. Sorry it's taken a while to respond

Can any of you experts help me with this? I have Wedi board on my shower walls, I propose to tile down to the shower tray. I understand the logic behind waterproofing the Wedi board joints etc but presumably this will only ensure that the water, that ultimately may get through the grout, runs...

I am tiling the floor in my ensuite which will be slightly higher than the carpet in the bedroom. The door opens outwards in to the bedroom. Where should the tiles finish? Should they finish in line with the inside edge of the door (the ensuite side), the outside edge (the bedroom side) or...

The waste pipe is connected to the u tube under the sink. From what I can see the other end of the pipe connects to the impeller at the bottomof the dishwasher. Something else I've noticed is a faint sound inside the dishwasher when it's off and with the door open (presumably when it's closed as...