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thanks mattysupra - may go double.

thanks for reply - so I don't technically need double gripper, its just better? On your point of 11mm underlay, isn't there an arguement that the purpose of carpet is to be soft and trading off softer carpet for a bit of extra wear is acceptable? How many people keep carpet until it wears out...

Hi all replacing flooring in bedroom (4x4m with wood floorboards). Going to use treadaire dreamwalk 11mm with standard thickness carpet. When I removed the old carpet there was a double layer of gripper rods which I had to take up to remove floorboards / walls etc. Just wondering if I need...

Has anyone use the website decoratorsdepot dotcom? I've orderd from them, but their phone now doesn't pick up and the response I got on email just fobbed me off for a few days. I'm begining to think they're a bogus site - anyone had experience with them?

Hi - hope someone can help - I have a couple of questions. I'm renovating a bedroom with walls made of thermalite blocks covered with approx 10mm cement render and skin of plaster. in several areas theres been some loosening of the render which I've removed leaving a few holes down to the...

Hi New house and a couple of radiators downstairs are not working properly. Evreything else fine. Feed pipe very hot, return cold, but radiator only marginally warm at the top. They are bled and valves are (or should be) fully open. Wiggled TRV pin (to the point of pulling the thing out -...

Hi. I'm trying to recondition my CH a little. Just moved into new house and needs inhibitor etc as hasn't been put in for years as far as I can tell. I was going to put some sentinel x400 in first via a dedicated radiator point. My question is when I come to remove the x400, can I just put a...

Thanks Having removed a bit more and taken a closer look, it seems they have plastered the base coat of render to the floor and then the skim coat has been done with skirtings in palce - so only the skim coat is missing behind the boards (approx 3mm deep). Do I need to pack this and screw or...

Thanks Having removed a bit more and taken a closer look, it seems they have plastered the base coat of render to the floor and then the skim coat has been done with skirtings in palce - so only the skim coat is missing behind the boards (approx 3mm deep). Do I need to pack this and screw or...

1. Concrete 2. Nailed - with pretty heafty nails. I'm replacing with 18mm mdf. Originalwas 20mm pine

Hi Having a room decorated before new wood floor fitted. Am removing skirting so the floor slides under. However the guys who built the house only saw fit to plaster to the skirting - there is block behind the removed skirting. There is no plaster there, so there is a step in wall level down...

not strictly a DIY question I know, but help would be appreciated anyway. I need to redecorate / renovate a room which would involve removing a dado rail, old (not really old - 20yrs) plaster coving and a decorative plaster rail on the ceiling. Thereafter making good walls and ceiling. Do I...

thanks Installed today - works perfectly.

Thanks. Pics of the back of my control clock below. Very grateful for all your help so far Shaun