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thank you for your responses. i will build the floor all the way out to the front door.

i am laying a real wood floor on battens and this will raise the floor level by about 55 mm. I have 2 separate problems: 1 What to do about the front door. It seems my options are to a) leave the floor level at the front door alone - turning the area described by the sweep of the door as it...

Thank you very much for your advice. When you say hammer nail - what do you mean (i'm a novice but i did a search on 'hammer nail' and didn't find anything conclusive)? Is that the same as porta-nail? Also does anyone know about sprung battens? Someone suggested them and described them as...

I would like to lay a solid real wood floor in a flat that is concrete with vinyl tiles on top. I need to bury my plumbing and electrical network so my idea was to lay the pipes (insulating the plumbing pipework against heat) and then screw down battens (500mm X 500mm or more if needed to...