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hi all thanks for the replies the planks are 2100 x 180 wide one strip venner good quality. if i start from the hall door with a full board. and the next a half board next to it. i have enough bad orners to get rid of most waste ( cut boards) plus the full lenght works out at about 40mm less...

Hi all been busy preparing the floor for laying and wondered as all the planks are exactly the same length do you line the joints up as in brick walls, or do you stagger them all, asthetically which have you found to look the best

Looking at using treadtime 4, Engineered flooring, oak brushed and beveled and oiled finish. plank size 2010 x 160 x 13mm anyone got a good surgestion of where its the cheapest to get it from. looking for around 30 sq metres

the damp in the kitchen is not rising damp as it has a dpc however i believe moisture has seeped through the previously bad seal around the door and spread under the fitted lino, she wants to put battens down because she saw it on a programme. if the concrete floor in the kitchen dries out...

Hi all we are putting down engineered wood flooring in the hall, kitchen and dining room. and she has seen a programme about the batten method. any ideas what this is and the advantages. secondly carpet and underlay has a thermal insuation about it. what is the wood floor like, what is the...

Hi all i want to put space blanket insulation in the garage under the flat felt roof supported by netting do i put it silver side down so you look up to see silver. daft question i know also our boiler in about 500mm below the intended level of insulation on a frost thermostat. will the...

should anyone be interested this is where i got my netting from maybe not the cheapest or the best i have no idea however it is a place to start from.. http://www.tenax.co.uk/showcategory.asp?category=166&menu=3 and i bought a stapler called tacwise from argos for 19.95 a dam sight cheaper...

For anyone thinking of insulating below the floorboards. i have just done it. it took 20 hrs and dam near killed me, getting the tongue and grooved floorboards up was terrible. unable to crawl below the joists stapling the netting was a real chore. stuffing in the insulation was easy...

Hi ajrobb Cheers looking around the websites its good advice you've given there. what happens with the insulation against the wall? can it be pushed up to the wall or will the mineral wool / multi roll suck up moisture do i need a membrane or something

Hi the reason i thought of foil wrapped space blanket was due to the r value being around 4 were as insulation board would be around 2.5 also board is around 4 times the price per sq metre does the insulation have to be up to the undeside of the floor board? or can it have a gap? i thought...

1930 s detatched brick built house double glazed all around, talking about a single room 4m x 3m x 10 ft high 1 door 1 bay window gas fire no direct draughts. t & g floor boards on about 10" beams with 10-12 inches below, not sure if its soil or conc. down there but its dirty. air bricks all...

yep and its not cutting it come on now. when you get visitors comming round with the dog and it wont lay down cos its so cold and the misses has frozen feet its time to buy thicker socks or insulate

Hi all The cold coming from under our floors is terrible. its a 1930 house with approx 1ft under the joists at the most and air bricks everwhere looking at r values etc it would seem insulation between joists on netting would be far better than good underlay it a shame about having to take up...

Thanks for the clarification< and education> that rough git aint comming on my property again

Regarding your hinges they are stocked by hafele who have a trade counter in manchester trafford park, they also have a website http://www.hafele.co.uk/Hafele35a1/Templates/Hafele/browse.asp?newrecordset=yes&classname=Pie-cut+corner+hinges&classlevel=6331&tab=furniture hope this helps

As others have sugested got to your local glaziers. just talk to them. if they are any good they will sugest putting a special film coating impervious to damage by the silicone based fixer. And even sell you the tube of stuff. as in all things get a couple of quotes..good luck

Hi all Still monsoon weather so no new photo yet. nigel Im not too sure what your imput refered to however the size/quality of the lead was taken by me off the "new" roll i saw him unwrap and work ( alas not magic but there you go) He was recomended to me by a now very apologetic friend as a...

forgot to mention the lead is about 1800mm long maybe a bit less

calder code 4 450mm wide with code 4 150 wide piece on top overlapping by around 75mm. I note with interest the reference to the corner finish i would be grateful for a better discription of the finish, a photo or a web link.