Recent content by janieJones123

I am getting a multi fuel stove installed and will be retiling the hearth. I was wondering, are most standard tile adhesives heat resistent enough for the temperatures of a 5kw stove? Possibly non-cement based ones? Or should I get a specific heat resistent adhesive? I found this at a local...

Just checked using your method. The drop is at most 3/16 ths of an inch, I'd say more like 1/8th.

Thanks for your reply. I don’t recall the subfloor moving in this area, or anywhere tbh. Previously there was carpet down and there was no creaking in this spot, or sense of spring. That’s what’s making me think that it’s a dip in the subfloor panels rather than the joist underneath it.

I have just finished installing a new floating, click together, engineered wooden floor in my first floor bedroom. I had been pretty diligent to prepare the room before hand, remove any raised nails, splats of plaster etc, and check for any dips in the subfloor. I didn't notice any. The...

I am replacing a class 1 ceiling pendant light with a new class 2 one. I am wondering what to do with the earth wire on the lighting circuit from the ceiling, as the new class 2 is (obviously) double insulated. On the old one (white) the earth was then connected to the ceiling bracket that the...

. Duplicate https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/replacing-c1-with-c2-ceiling-light-what-to-do-with-earth-wire.557809/

Brilliant. Thanks a lot @ktuludays and @crazydaze .

I am laying some engineered oak flooring, and am deciding on which direction to lay the boards. It for my master bedroom, which has a small walk-in wardrobe which I will continue the flooring into. The room is east facing. Here are a couple of photos. This photo is the view from the door...

I have found these on Screwfix: https://www.screwfix.com/p/acoustic-polyolefin-foam-underlay-20m/4720r https://www.screwfix.com/p/duralay-premier-wood-laminate-flooring-underlay-3mm-10m/48485 << @crazydaze Is this the same as Multitex...

@dazlight Of course, I don't know how I missed that. Doh. @crazydaze I see the wood floor to carpet transition strip doesn't have any teeth on the carpet side, so should I try to keep the teeth on the brass strip I currently have down, and carefully cut away the rest? Do the transition strips...

I am laying an engineered wooden floor in my first floor bedroom. Transition The hallway outside the bedroom is carpeted, and so was the bedroom. So there is a brass grip strip along the door threshold. What is the best way to replace this strip so that the carpet is kept tacked down, but...

@dazlight I assume you mean this kind rather than the bar clamp type: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-633773-Laminate-Floor-Clamp/dp/B000OIJIM4 Couldn't see any of the strap type on diy.com or screwfix.com.

@dazlight This was the video I was using as a guide on actually laying my floor. I've seen a number that use painters tape to hold boards together.

Ah great, thanks @crazydaze and @SFK. So regular PVA will do. This works out well as I have around half a 5L bottle of B&Q standard PVA that I can pour into an applicator bottle. (y)

I am going to be laying a floating, tongue and grooved engineered flooring in my bedroom. It's on the first floor and suspended timber subfloor. I was wondering what glue people would recommend for the T&G joints, or is any good weatherproof PVA glue sufficient? I would rather use something I...