Recent content by notsohandy

Hi, I'm just about to have a oak plank floor (110mm) laid on to a screeded floor which has had marley tiles laid on top, I've removed the tiles but there is a residue of the adhesive still on the floor. So I need to know 1. Which is the best sealant to use to prepare the floor 2. Which is...

Hi, I'm just about to have a oak plank floor (110mm) laid on to a screeded floor which has had marley tiles laid on top, I've removed the tiles but there is a residue of the adhesive still on the floor. So I need to know 1. Which is the best sealant to use to prepare the floor 2. Which is the...

Can anyone tell me how I drain down the system.

Yeh. It looks like the plaster work had a couple of coats of emulsion before it was papered. A lot of the remaining emulsion is flaky but some parts are welded to the plaster.

Ok I now realise that my question is similar to the one posted previously by Heatherw. But my problem is on a far larger scale in that the surface of my walls are 50% paint and 50% bare plaster. Filling is out of the question cos it's to large and area, sanding is ineffective, hardwork and too...

I have just finished stripping the paper of the walls in our new old house, and although the paper was easy to get off, it has also taken off most of the layers of paint underneath leaving me with patchy uneven surface. Other than filling, sanding or re-skimming does anyone now of a product that...

Thanks and I'll let you know how I get on..

Brown-nought Thanks for the easy to follow advice but one question, What are chocboxes? (incidently its a loop system)

Hi, I'm currently converting my separate toilet and bathroom in to one. However, my bathroom radiator is on the dividing wall and I want to replace the rad with a new rad/towel rail on another wall. Any tips on how I go about this? If its any help the CH system is not a combi. Cheers...

I currently have a separate bathroom and toilet, the toilet has it's own light with the switch on the dividing wall between the two rooms, and there is fan and light working off of one switch for the bathroom (outside the door). I want to knock down the dividing wall and install new...