Recent content by Tweedledee

So I'd be waiting to see if the gaps look better after they've taken some dust? Is that the reason I'm delaying the payment? What I'd worried about is that it might be better to fill those gaps with something light grey or even white, in case they look darker when they've filled with dust.

He used a hand roller which you use with your own body weight, not a 70kg roller as is specified on the side of the adhesive tub. The levels are much better as they re-levelled. I am thinking there are some gaps which are not acceptable, as you say. However can they fix that without...

[/url] OK, I should have made it clear. The photos with the pennies are after the second installation. So those are the worst feature of the second installation: that we have some gaps, and yes there are some areas where the tile corners still don't meet but it's much less pronounced than...

I can't tell you if the replacement fitter (the owner) has qualifications but he owns the shop and it's a family business so I believe he's being doing it since he started work. There were a lot of staples, and I'd say what I saw was more frequent than 4 inches or at least as frequent. The...

It's the F Ball adhesives: F46 and F48. F48 says use a 70kg roller on the tub: think the F46 said the same though it's not in the house right now. The feathering has only been done between the levelled area in the extension (on top of cement and sand screed), and the plywood in the old part...

Sorry to sound daft but what do you mean by "hard flooring"? These are vinyl tiles. Thanks for your input.

No he didn't use a roller. Now the boss has come back and lifted up everything which was sitting on the levelling compound and a little more. A couple of things are worrying me: the boss is saying "you don't always need a roller" when the instructions say otherwise. Also, there's an...

Yes the boss has been round and is embarrassed about the quality. He says he'll be redoing it over the weekend. As you say it's all in the preparation. I don't see how they can ever do an acceptable job without getting the levelling compound completely level before they start too. What I...

He's been using F46 but I don't think he used enough. It's quite a thick tile and I wonder if that means it needs more adhesive? There are quite a few tiles where the edge or corner does not look well enough stuck down. I am wondering also if that's because the screed is not flat enough...

The vinyl tiles were in the house for 24 hours I'd say. Photos below To be fair to him the fitter has now admitted that the boss could take a look at it and it hasn't gone quite right. Waiting for the boss to come and look now. I'm thinking probably the whole lot...

Our installers are about half the way through laying 45cm Expona vinyl tiles and there are locations where the corners seem to be 1mm and 2mm out, and one spot where there is a 3 to 4mm mismatch. (I just counted 26 corners out by at least 1mm, though I counted quickly and may have missed...

Some of these lights are re-programmed by toggling power on then off quickly, and that puts the light into a different mode. Dave

But I'm not worried about dead insects, and I intend to fit LEDs into the fittings. And so many advertisers don't even tell you the tilt angle their product offers. So many electricians misunderstand this topic and seemingly through misselling these are being pushed on me. If there was a...

I was planning on fitting GU5.3 or GU10 downlighters with a view to fitting LEDs later into those fitting. Obviously with that arrangement anyone could switch back to halogen afterwards. Having read some of the negative opinions on downlighters as being fire traps, I'm wondering if...

Sorry, I was under the misconception that fire-rated downlights do not need clearance in the insulation material, though having looked at some manufacturer instructions I can see that was incorrect.