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Thanks for the replies. I might get a sample of the tiles tested for asbestos, just to be sure where I am. Catlad - did you ply over a concrete floor? How did the drilling and fixing of the ply go? What was the spacing on the screws? Keith

THanks flooringman. When I saw the mysterious tiles I didn't recognise the material - so wondered if they might be something like that. The vinyl supplier I'm getting my flooring from suggests that even though it's not cushioned, because I'm only covering a small area then it can just be...

Hi I was on a few weeks ago asking questions about laying rubber floor tiles - which the forum then conviced me was a bad idea! I'm now thinking about vinyl sheet flooring. So, I had an investigate of what is under the kitchen floor this morning. I took up the threshold and it turned out...

Thanks for the replies. I'd had a look through the technical information from Polymas for their stud flooring - and while not easy, it at least looked like there weren't too many variables. However, based on these responses I might have to abandon rubber tiles and think about ceramic...

Hi I'm doing my kitchen in a few weeks, and we like the look of rubber studded flooring. Quite pricey - but it's not too big a space. Can any one advise on how hard this is to lay? I'll be putting down plywood first - probably 4 or 6 mm - but I just want to check if a semi-experienced...

Thanks for the reply. Sounds like the plan is to take down the plastic stuff, and then locate the joists. I saw a couple of references to the additional weight from new plasterboard being a problem - is this likely to be the case? Presumably the choice over the thickness of plasterboard then...

Hi I am trying to work out what to do about our kitchen ceiling - as preparation for a new kitchen being put in. At the moment we have some kind of plastic panels which have halogen downlight holes cut in them. Through a hole I can see what must be some older ceiling board - which looks only...

Dec, thanks for your reply. I think I'll keep pulling at paint and see how much comes off. I may well strip the whole room this way! If I follow your second suggestion (sanding the whole area an lining) how do you know when to stop sanding. Is the aim to bring the whole room back to...

Hi I am looking to decorate our bedroom. In a few areas (where I removed some fitted wardrobes) the previous paint job is peeling away to remove fairly recent looking plaster. The paint comes away in quite big strips simply by pulling at it. I doubt I'll be stripping the whole room, I...

Thanks Richard - sorry for slow reply - been away. I'll see what happens when the door goes in as you suggest. Any thoughts on the porch question much appreciated - might post a pic if I can get myself organised. Ketih

Hi We had some damage last winter around our front door due to ice build up, and melt water coming in. I'm in the process of trying to solve the problem which caused the leak (see my question in the Building forum). As a result we've got some stained and damaged plaster around the top and...

Hi This question is about a problem with a concrete storm porch above our front door. The storm porch sticks out of the wall - it appears (to my uneducated eye) to just be a cantilever sitting on the inside skin of the wall. The top of the porch is quite seriously degraded, with lots of...

Thank you for the replies! I'd seen the comment about flamboyant steamer use leading to the skim coming away in another thread - but not in this case, I was only on the warm water and sponge method :( Sounds as if this might be a job too far - to be honest the section of wall is below a...

Hi I've just been stripping the wallpaper from our living room. On one wall lots of plaster came away with the wallpaper - what I imagine (from my position of ignorance) to be the last skim that was done prior to wallpapering. It's only come away to a depth of about 2mm at its deepest with...

Aha! Went and took a photo of the breaker (after fighting past shoes and coats). The breaker with the cooker on it is marked with 'B40' (others marked B32 and B6 etc). I assume this is the rating - i.e. 40A? Unfortuntely having had the cooker out of it's housing there is no information...

Hi all I have had a look around the forum for answers on this. I feel fairly confident I know the answer already, but would really appreciate an opinion from somebody more experienced. Apologies for the long post, but am trying to answer any queries in advance. We have moved into a house...

Hey - thanks for the advice. I'm slightly concerned about actually including any kind of sink in this as it might just tempt her to start trying to move water about - we'll see. I've always been a bit suspicious of MDF (probably groundless, but based on how dusty it is to work with, and...

Hi everyone I'm just looking for a bit of advice. I want to make a toy kitchen for my daughter - got a fairly simple plan in mind since I'm kind of new to this. Not sure about what material to use (I'm building onto a small existing table). From what I've seen it looks like birch plywood...