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What sort of area are you covering? How deep do you need to go to get it level? It's worth looking at Tilebacker board. It's a waterproof cement faced board with an insulation core. Comes in 10mm - 60mm. You fix it to the floor then prime and screed over the top. If the floor is...

I've had a re-read of the liquid dpm sticky and it does indeed advise priming. I've also read f ball website, again it advises priming after applying the F75. This seems a bit strange as the reason giving for priming prior to applying your self levelling compound is to prevent an...

I'm gonna be screeding over the weekend :shock: Should I dry mix 1st then add the water? I understand the screed should be much drier than a concrete/mortar mix ... hence adding the water last to give me a bit more control over the end product?

Just an update to say I've shelved the master plan and gone back to old fashioned, tried and tested hard work. Following a weekend of graft - I'm clear of the tiles and back to the concrete slab. As the property is old, I intend to put down a 2 part epoxy resin DPM (F75). Is it OK to...

Almost into Feb now and said LCD TV is still mounted on the wall .... Jus an update for all the doomslayers out there. I'm so pleased with the strength of these fittings, a couple of new rads are now securely fixed using the fixings.

Happily chiseling off some tiles with my Makita 2kg SDS drill when the chisel dropped to the floor. Leaving part of the chisel inside the drill. Any idea how I get the offending metal out of the drill? Normally to release a chisel/drill bit you pull back on the front of the drill and then...

From what I understand they use it quite often where the wall they are rendering is painted (often oil based) or over old pebbledash.

Taking up the lino tiles is what I want to *avoid* for 2 reasons:- 1. They are stuck really well with a tar like glue. Presumably even if I get the tile up, I also need to remove the glue as well. 2. The lino tiles/tar like adhesive may well be acting as Damp proof membrane as there is no...

The stuff Ive seen used on walls is sheets of metal mesh. They attach it to the wall and then apply their sand & cement render over the top. The mesh provides a strong key for the render to bind to. If I pour a water based self leveller onto the tiles I'm pretty sure it will fail. Here...

Yikes - I dont wanna be a lab rat :lol: Have you never come across this as a solution to the age old labour intensive problem of having to remove a previous floor covering? The plasterer also use an adhesive product which has aggregate added. You brush it on non porous surfaces, leave it...

I have a project to level a workshop floor. It is approx 4m X 6m The floor is nearly 70mm lower in the middle than around the perimeter. I intend to use a self levelling compound mixed with granite chippings. The problem is the floor is covered in old linoleum tiles and initial test...

Sounds like you are getting a fair amount of cold from outside coming in under the floorboards. I'd try and identify where the cold air was getting into the floor space. Try and seal any obvious holes eg. around pipework. Overboarding with flooring grade chipboard will make a big...

Normally where alterations involve soil pipes they want to have their say. Check your lease - You normally need to get approval off the Freeholder

Part of new extension?

Carbon monoxide?

I've now had the benefit of kingspan/celotex boards as a form of insulation. Verdict: Fantastic They are really good to work with in terms of installation. One thing to consider for the outbuilding if it's used for short periods of time then the kingspan boards in conjunction with heat...

A builder friend fell foul of this bit of regulation when he fitted a carbon filtered extractor. I think the way it was resolved by said friend, was by venting the extractor externally

Get it skimmed. If you go down the taping route you need do an A1 job with the boarding (little more leeway with a plaster finsh) plus when you factor in taping, filling, sanding a few times it just not worth the money it saves. Finally and this is the biggy for me, if you dont get it...

That true but hey thats the beauty of DIY, I get to choose what size table to cut 8)

I found these clamps which are removable but also very quick to tighten.