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I know i have done this arse about face and should have started with my stair opening first when laying the joists out but in my defence their were plenty of reason why i couldn't. So i am at the stage were i need to put mt trimmers in and i confused as ****. What i think is, the internal wall...

Need to move central heating flow and return pipework next to boiler to a temporary potion so i can get some joists in. Pipes need to be raised 220mm from present location The boiler is going to be moved to a new position in the house at some point. The boiler is in an attic at the moment...

I am looking make a better job of the brick work above this window, As i have a steel spreader going in to support a steel for a shed dormer. Having removed the inner brickwork i have discovered on the outer brickwork their is no lintel above the window. The window is 800mm wide. Dont want...

I have put 9mm ply down on top of T&G softwood flooring to take a floated engineered floor. The ply is screwed at 200mm centres. The floor is very squeaky anyone got any ideas how I can get over this? The enginnered floor has not been laid yet Thanks in advance

Its not to bad just got a few cupped boards

What would you recommend

Good question :) A better a surface for my floor to go down and to even out any unevenness

The cable is in a corner of a room so I could choose a masonry wall to bury it in. I am sure the cable is for the socket ring that run upstairs. The trunking runs floor to ceiling

I have some cable which is placed inside mining trunking in my cloak room. I would like to bury it in to a plasterboard stud wall could someone tell me what the correct way of doing this is please?

I am about to lay an oak engineer floor down on top of some 4mm ply. The ply is going down on top of soft wood t&g flooring. Would it be better to screw it or nail it? thanks in advance Chamfer

Why waterbased?

Looking for some pricing rates for applying ronseal woodstain on the following 5no new oak veneered doors. 38lm oak bullnose 125mm skirting board 5no oak door linings 5no sets of 75mm oak bullnose archatrave Its not something I want to do myself but having had no luck finding a decent...

[/URL][/IMG] Hello folks have a couple of questions regarding prep and sticking vinyl down. Can be vinyl be stuck straight down on a moisture resistant chipboard floor or does it need hardboarding? Whats the best way to stick Vinyl down, should i use glue, spray or tape? Thanks for any help in...

Hello, Yes there was parquet originally, I think the house is 1920's

Hello Folks, I have taken up a laminate floor which was laid on a plastic DPM on top of a bitumen covered concrete floor. The Bitumen is damaged as the DPM was wet on the bitumen side. The floor is quite level. I would like to float a T&G chipboard floor over Bitumen. What would the best method...