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Anyone have a step by step guide to fitting a new door into an internal stud wall? I want to connect two bedrooms and I'm sure it can't be too difficult so I'd like to have a go myself rather than try to get a builder/handyman in. Thanks in anticipation

Masona, Thanks, to be honest most of the bitumen is coming off with the foil, any residual can be quite easily scraped off with a blade. I'm pretty sure I have enough to dispose of any that are too messy. Woodyoulike, My 'fingers' are 115x23mm and 10mm thick they are a 5x5 configuration so...

Woodyoulike, Masona, thanks for the invaluable advice. May I indulge your goodselves with another query? a. Will the kerosine have any detrimental effects on the parquet wood blocks? b. A friend has suggested that the blocks may be able to be 'dipped' pretty much in the way old doors can be to...

Thanks for the advice, I'm a complete novice on sanding but what you say makes sense, which is why this site is so good. For the benefit of my understanding, what's the background detail of grit 80/100/120? I assume it's an indication of the abrasiveness of the material?

Yes, residue is bitumen but blocks appear to have a foil backing between block and bitumen that comes off quite easily and brings bitumen with it. Re the gaps I would intend to give the floor a serious sanding when laid as I'm sure a jigsaw puzzle of this nature will have a 'few' uneven bits.

The blocks are not yet clean, that is my first job. I am literally at the "should I start this project stage" as the blocks did not cost me anything. No-one has suggested I would be mad to attempt the job so I will go at it one step at a time. I figure parquet adhesive will be readily...

I have aquired an amount of reclaimed parquet flooring which I would like to re-use. It is the 5 fingered block type and the recovery process has split the blocks down to individual fingers (about 1/2" by 5") Assuming I observe the normal preparations, (even floor, damp proof, correct...