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If you're planning to fully bond the solid wood to the sub floor (as it should be), then you have to remove the bitumen adhesive. Take it back to the concrete, prime, use a smoothing compound with a high final strength like mapei trade plan, apply liquid dpm, prime again, another layer of the...

Did you put the gripper round the right way? (pins angled towards the wall) Felt back carpets have a special gripper with a velcro type top. Cost alot more than normal, thats why most shops don't supply them

How often do you vacuum? You"re meant to do it regularly If you haven"t been vacuuming then that will contribute to the flattening.

Who's going to put the pics in the "cr#p flooring pics (best wins a prize)" thread?

It's 15 or 20mm thick so yes you could use it to make a threshold. It's a similar thickness to the thresholds that are in a few properties.

have a look at mapei topcem instead. I'm assuming that you are looking for a screed to go over underfloor heating. With both types of screed you've mentioned your floor covering installers have to know what they're doing to avoid any failures. They both take longer to dry enough to install...

How olds the house?

Google F Ball and call the tech department. They'll tell you what to do and which products to use.

If your existing floors are floor boards and they look unveven and bumpy then boarding over with ply will give a much smoother and levelled look when the carpets are installed. The thickness of the ply depends on how bumpy the floor boards are. 6mm is most commonly used over floor boards before...

Sounds like you're going to install a sheet vinyl. If the existing floors are smooth, flat and has no gaps / holes that will telegraph through, then if the vinyl is going to be loose laid you can lay them directly over the existing floor. If you want t5he vinyl fully bonded it will have to be...

If they're 600cc sausages you'll need a proper gun. You won't be able to use a cartridge gun.

Depends on the liquid DPM used. As Flooringman says, call the tech department.

holt melt adhesive or silicone works but only if the paints not flaky.

Set sanitary in position, drill for fixings, remove sanitary bits, enlarge holes, fix bits in place. Holes need to be 6 - 10mm bigger than screws so that the screws have a gap around.

Check out the "CAT" metals range (google "CAT metals"). They've probably got the same things, may even be the same manufacturer and they do cost a fortune.

is the weave straight on the opposite wall? Sometimes if a rooms not square the fitter will set the carpet off a straight wall and it will run out on the wall opposite. If you're not happy contact the store.

Ply wooden 1/2, fixing every 100mm around edges and 150mm across middle, fill joint between ply and conc to stop compound running down gap (I normally use silicone), prime floors, go over the whole lot with stopgap 700 (google it - it's designed for use over all types of floor and is flexible).

Sounds more like a pole line - caused when the carpet is rolled around a tube, the edge of the carpet inside the roll sits of the pile causing a line ans can sometimes appear to show shading from one side to the other. If it is a pole mark it will disappear but takes time, the more you vacumm it...

I used sleepers and fixed mine together with galvanised building straps and decking screws (on side thats filled in with earth). I also fixed heavy gauge galvanised wire around the straps and pegged them into the ground then covered the whole lot with the soil. Its been up 5 years and no...