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Arrghhhhhhhhhhhhh :o http://www.thefreedictionary.com/compromise You're confusing "Compromise" Something that combines qualities or elements of different things, something midway between two or more different things, strike a balance, strike a happy medium with "Compromise" To reduce...

Reet, enough of this banter. Can we agree, the french door thing is a canny "compromise" and stop getting sidetracked? :lol:

DID I (OR COLJACK FOR THAT MATTER) SAY ANYTHING ABOUT REMOVING THE DOOR? :roll: Did either of us ever suggest it involved removing doors? The whole suggestion was to achieve that open look and feel without removing the doors. To that end, it's a workaround to achieving an open look and feel...

Did I really just type of that? (slaps self in face) lol Getting back to the point, I think the open french doors idea is a good one. (muffled sound of the W word being stifled by hands) :wink:

Get out of town, of course it's a workaround lol :lol: From wiki:- Workaround A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of laws, regulations, or constraints; A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows the user to continue working until a...

Aye freddy, but coljack was suggesting a wide opening set of french doors to give the illusion of an open space where there is in fact a fully closeable door. Hence it's a kind of workaround, you get the door, but also a wider opening than with a standard sliding patio door. Unless it has to...

We seem to have conflicting information here fellas lol.

I'd go for the wide french doors workaround, sounds like a lot less hassle and expense to me. I'd also planned to do this myself in the next year or two as a way of having a permitted development conservatory, but wide enough for the pool table I want. :lol:

Hi folks, I've read for years that Conifers are the most evil tree in existence, able to cause neighbours to have fisticuffs in the street, tear down huge buildings with their evil strangling roots etc lol. :lol: All I see myself is a pretty tree, that if kept under control can quickly...

Thanks for that newgasinstaller. Is there any way to tell the output of the current radiators in the room? They're two ancient, roughly 1.5m wide single radiators, caked in old paint. Is there a rough standard for a radiator of this size or are they all different?

Yeah I'll definately need to clarify. Our current insurers (through our bank/mortgage provider) didn't ask. I'm just running through some quotes and it's coming up fairly often as a question. I doubt the roots are a problem as the street was built around the trees 20 years ago. The trees...

:lol: classic

Hi folks, When getting a quote for buildings insurance, does the proximity of trees usually refer to the trunk or the branches? Got a tree more than 5m away, but actually quite close when the branches are taken into account. Cheers

Hi folks, I've just seen some cool vertical radiators which I think might solve (one of the many lol) some layout problems in the living room. Currently the radiators are positioned rather randomly, making positioning of furniture somewhat awkward. We have a patio door smack bang in the...

Yeah they do a lot of things to cut costs and maximise profit. Like making the gardens big enough for nothing bigger than a gerbil to run around :lol: . Our 1990 build house has tongue and groove chipboard throughout, and the floor is squeaky, creaky, uneven and generally a bit rubbish...

Yeah, as per my original post the floor in the house is very uneven with high and low spots. So much so that the living room door only opens 75% of the way before it catches on the floor, despite there being a massive 1" gap on the far side before you open it. I can probably pull the whole...

I probably need to hit the 'net a bit more and get learning.... As stated above the construction is concrete, polystyrene blocks, DMP and chipboard. At the same level as the polystyrene (ie under the level of the DMP) we have airbricks around the house - which I gather is to assist air flow...

Not too sure to be honest. I'm happy to listen to suggestions. All I want is an even floor which isn't too cold. Floor covering would likely be laminate again (looks okayish and is kid friendly), as for the construction of the floor underneath - open minded at the moment.

So getting back to my original question :P .... Are either of the above named products any good for use in a floating floor? Or if not would it be a good idea to construct some sort of wooden framework on top of the DMP to support the floor with these things slotted in between? Just a...

Reading through some other unlrelated posts, I've noticed freddy has added a comment "polystyrene is cheap because it's crap" lol. :lol: This got me thinking. Currently our ground floor consists of a concrete base, polystyrene blocks, a sheet of DMP, and the chipboard tongue and groove...