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Pardon my terminology. The walls are 25cm thick and load bearing

Hi, I have a situation where an electric cable seems to have been routed through the expansion gap of the wooden floor as shown in the image. Additionally, the supply cable has been routed through a hole in the wall from an adjacent room which appears to have been drilled in the safe zone of...

The test results from the lab came back negative for asbestos. I've decided to keep the parquet intact and just install the LVT on top. As and when we grow to appreciate the parquet more we can easily revert back to it in the future. Thanks all for your advice.

The misses is not very fond of it. It's a beautiful floor no doubt but she'd like something "contemporary"

Thanks a ton Woody! With this additional information, you've literally saved me going ahead with ripping off the flooring and making a huge Health and Safety mistake. The bitumen adhesive is black in colour and might most likely contain asbestos like you highlighted. I've now sent a sample of...

Thanks Johnny. Yes, that's correct. There's no restriction in the lease for flooring (y)

Hi all. I have a question about replacing the flooring in my home in the UK (not the sub-floor). I live in a 1960s ground floor flat where currently there is parquet wooden flooring installed. The sub-floor is concrete. I intend to replace the parquet with Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) flooring. The...