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thanks thats very helpful . I am off to find tung or unboiled linseed oil :lol: :lol:

I have an old cedar greenhouse which looks like it needs reoiling.Is there a special oil i could use to revitalise the cedar?

thanks i have found a supplier of osmo hard wax oil .I have also read this wax oil can take three weeks to fully cure but as this will coincide with the family holiday theres no problem .thanks again

I have spent the last couple of months gutting a room and putting down a reclaimed parquet floor.I used a stretcher bond pattern after discarding the herringbone pattern which on a dry run made the room look smaller and the floor too busy.My main problem had been the unlevel floor but with bags...

After several months i am almost ready to sand my reclaimed parquet floor.I have used a stretcher bond pattern after discarding the idea of the herringbone which on a dry run made the room look smaller .I have started to plane the high spots and have exposed a new layer of beautiful mohogamy ,my...

I can cut the second batch of tiles with my bench saw so that the width lenght and depth match . none of these tiles have tonge and groove .The self levelling cement package advices degreasing the rock asphalt prior to application do i simply wash the floor with domestic detergent?

Thanks again for your advice. I am going to make sure i level the floor as best i can then use my bench saw to bring down the depth of the 40mm tile nearer to 20mm .This would mean i can remove at the same time any bitumen as the 40mm batch is reclaimed where as the 20mm is new.Hopefully the...

Thanks for your reply can i pick you brains a little further? Could i use a self levelling compound instead of a screed? Once the floor is level i still have the problem of the 20mm height difference between the two batches of parqet tiles will the adhesive accommodate this difference or is it...

I got the same query did you find an answer?

How should i level an uneven asphalt floor? what should i stick the parquet tiles with.I have two thickness of the tiles one is 20mm the other is 40mm will the suggested adhesive be able to fill the 20mm difference?

I want to lay tiles on an uneven asphalt floor. I have two different thickness of tile so thought i would build a wooden frame and use the one thickness within the frame first this i am hoping to use as a platform to level the second thickness up to the same height outside the frame. as i have...