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Hi, I live in a fairly new 3-storey house where quite a few stairs are creaking. Since it is still under NHBC warranty, I have requested the inspection from an NHBC inspector. The claim was rejected on the grounds that the carpet was not installed by the builder and the grippers on the stairs...

Hi, I have an Indian Stone patio that is in need of repointing and, although I've never done anything like it before, I'd like to give it a go. Most of the gaps are not very deep nor wide; for example: However, some of them are quite deep, like this one: At some...

Hi, I am laying laminate floor for the first time and I think that the walls in the room are not straight. In that case, should I let the laminate get away from the wall? Or should I continue with the 1cm expansion gap as shown in the picture below? Any advice is appreciated. Many...

Hello, I am renovating some rooms of my new home and I want to change the flooring of the garden room (it used to have a carpet). The garden room is an open-plan extension of the kitchen-diner area; this area currently has laminate flooring that seems to be red-oak (not sure, though)...

Hello, I am renovating some rooms of my new home and I want to lay laminate flooring in one of them. However, after removing the old carpet and the old underlay, I have noticed that there was a telephone wire underneath the underlay. I wonder if you have any advice on how to lay the...