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I really appreciate all your help, you've been great. Knowle is only a few miles down the road will pop in over weekend. The strips just lift up easy and individually, thanks again matty.

there only seems to be light dust on the ply, you can see the grain in it, the hole you mentioned was caused by a screw which had gone too deeply into the ply.

thanks for the reply, there doesn't seen to be any screed left on the ply, it seems to be well stuck to the tile. if i used a PVA or SBR in a 3in1 mix to seal the screed on bottom of the tile would i then be able to stick it back down ? and if you were in my shoes which adhesive would you use...

i live in Balsall Common near Coventry, know what you mean when you say rip it up and start again but half the floor is fine so seem criminal to rip it up, no haven't got any spare, and if replace the bad half there would be a differents in the colour due to the sun light, there must be some...

no new drive way or any thing like that, just lifting floor tiles.

have been told the floor scrap want stick it down to get a few more years out of it. cant afford to replace it yet please help. many thanks

yes, large window and french door both south facing, the french door is on the concrete side of the room and is fine, it's the other side, i have an 8ft window there and that where the wooden floor is. So need to find an adhesive that will restick the tiles, but the latex/screed is stuck firmly...

I had Amtico Spacia fitted in my kitchen/dinning room about 3 years ago, the room is two rooms knocked into 1, half the room has a concrete floor, the other half 6mm WBP ply screwed to wooden floor boards. The installier layed it over two days, the first day he layed either a latex or a thin...

Yes the boiler is heating the hot water cylinder up, the only rising vent pipe i can see is the open vent pipe over the F&E tank. also the bathroom radiator heats up, its just the radiators in the bedrooms that don't, ? any ideals what to try to resolve his , many thanks

I would be very grateful if anyone can help.I have an open vented system. I drained down my central heating system to fit a new radiator in my utility room, the new radiator is the first one coming off the boiler, i teed off the 22mm flow and return about 1 metre from the boiler. i fitted the...

Hi, can anyone tell me if SBR can be used as a primer on a concrete floor before a start tiling it ? Many Thanks

i am going to tile a large utility room floor, the floor is contrete, do i need to prime the floor first ? and if so can i use a watered down PVA. Many Thanks..... :shock:

i got to take up a vinyl floor which has been glued on to a concrete floor, before tiling it. I have taken up a section finding it very hard to remove the glue before i start tiling, or is it ok to tile over the top, any ideals ??? many thanks

does any one know a easy way of removing old tiles what have been layed on 15mm ply and well screwed :?: down to the floor boards ?

can any one tell me an easy way of cutting the edge tiles on a diagonal floor , was shown a way of doing this at college , where you place one tile over the top of another , and place a third tile next to the wall and and drawn a line over the 2nd tile . I can get it to work on striaght cuts but...

i have been working with 600*300, 10mm thick porcelain tiles ,i have been using a Rubi TR600S and i am getting chips by where the breakerhas touches the tile , has any one else come across this problem , and how did you over come this , many thanks

i want to tile around a bath , as im having a shower fitted , is it best to come off the bath with a full tile , or half a tile to allow some if the bath is not completely level

so if i go with Hep20 , do i always use there fittings ? or is it ok to use , say JG Speedfit on other makes of plastic pipe???

there a load of different makes of plastic pipe on the market , FloPlast , JG Speedfit , Polypipe , Hep20 , polybutylene ,but which is the best ??? i believe Hep20 give a 50 year guarantee ?

can someone tell me what is best for bedding in the wastes on baths , showers, sinks etc , in the past i've used both silcone and plumbers mate ? both seem to work fine , but recently changed a waste and was a little worried how easy it came out with the plumbers mate . cheers for any answers ?