Recent content by MSB81

Hi all, I'm looking to get a c.30 square metre patio laid in our garden in the coming months and have been getting quotes from a few builders / garden landscapers. We'd most likely be looking to use porcelain slabs The cheapest quote so far has come from someone who is proposing a 4 inch...

In retrospect, a bull float certainly would've helped. I was led to believe a spiked roller would work well, but the compound seemed too thick when I tried to use it (despite being mixed as per instructions). Wish I'd just painted the concrete slab and lived with the slightly uneven floor that...

The company that sold it to me made no indication it would be any more difficult to lay vs. standard (non-wearing) SLC, which I have laid on a couple of occasions in the past. Nothing I have previously used was this poor in terms of self-levelling after pouring. I'd like to try grinding back...

Thanks - I did suspect that a large push machine would likely be too big for my little outbuilding. I'll see if any local tool hire companies offer concrete grinders, otherwise I'll probably need to buy a suitable angle-grinder disc and use with a big Karcher vacuum pipe strapped to my arm...

Hi all, I laid a couple of 20kg bags of this product (https://www.resins.direct/products/heavy-duty-self-levelling-cement-screed) in my outbuilding today, however the finished floor is probably more uneven that the floor I put it down on. For info, the floor is in an outbuilding (1.4m x 2m)...

Nothing on the top or bottom. I've also drilled 3 x pilot holes in each side (top middle & bottom of the area in which the block should be) and tried poking a thin screwdriver in - it reaches 50mm in each hole and feels like I'm still pushing into wood, so I can only assume there is a block on...

Hi all, I was planning to hang one of these today: https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/Moulded-6-Panel-Light-Glazed-Internal-Door/p/9000181824 However, I can't determine which side the lock block is on. The instructions state that it should be stamped on the top of the door, however there's...