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    Help please. Big floor problem

    MESS!! But all is not lost.. I fixed one just like this about 3 weeks ago and the customer now has a beautiful Karndean floor!! First we patched the top screed with a rapid repair mortar and troweled it off as neat as poss ( you could use sand/cement mix but dont water it too much you want it...
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    Leveling a Bitumen floor

    Hi I have leveled bitumen floors in the past with a latex screed (bag and bottle) used a product called arditex it sticks to anything as long as you use a neoprene primer.. Uzin do a paste primer that takes a few hours to dry (and it must be dry) before screeding.. Just pour it in and it should...
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    Fitting a striped stair runner - possible?

    You can match a stripped runner on winders but dont expect to find many people to do it an it involves mitre and joining each winder across the centre of each tread which in itself is bad practice as the join will open with the twisting.. I was taught at Brintons how to do it but it's just not...
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    Anyone know any cheap flooring websites?

    completly flooring
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    CarpetRight or an independant?

    I work for an independant actually on the books if you can find an outfit with "employed fitters" not subbies I would go with it as we have to be so more fussy of our work because if we cocked up it's us that have to go back!! Dont get me wrong they're not all bad though.. But.. I would steer...
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    Conservatory Floor

    Have you thought about karndean?? The Van Gough range looks pukka and installed properly will withstand almost anything..
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    Advise needed from carpet fitter

    I always use zinc pins for wood and masonary for conc dont rate the duel gripper pins are too fat for boards.. And when grippering conc floors I always use morleys fast setting gripper adhiesive as well as pins and if I cant get a pin in that stuff grabs it and you can fit on it within an hour..
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    Heatline hot water dead!!

    Thanks Happy!! Yeah figured that it's s##te!! RE my last post what are your thoughts on gloworm?? Dnt wanna spend a mint as hope to sell the house inext year..
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    Which wood under lino covering

    Always best to ply as if it's green chipboard it can cause discolouring of the vynal down the line.. First make a full template of the whole room useing cedar paper/ paper felt (make sure it dosen't move!!) then place on top of ply draw round it and cut it out with stanley knife.. Then cut...
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    Heatline hot water dead!!

    No the pin is not moving on D.V. there is just nothing at all.. D.H.W. sensor?? cant see what else it could be :twisted: Tell me bout the expence 3rd time in 6 months it's packed up had a 3 way valve and hydroblock last time and my wallet still hurts!! Been looking at gloworms what do...
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    Heatline hot water dead!!

    Have Heatline c28 combi boiler (Much for my sins)!!! The boiler is firing for the rads no probs.. But nothing for the hot water it's not even trying and had a new diverter valve bout 2 months ago so cant be that.. Any ideas??
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