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Morning all, Thinking of going the route of a wall hung toilet in a new downstairs bathroom. The waste comes up through the floor in around the right place (give or take, I've not actually measured it). Only thing is I need to add in some kind of access branch or boss because the waste is the...

Kind of feel like I'm missing a trick here! So I've screened the floor in my extension - was pretty deep, about 80-90mm in all. New build, so dpm, slab, insulation, vapour barrier then screed. But regarding the drying time which seems to be months - how do people work around this when doing...

I'm struggling to imagine how horrendously inefficient that is!

Thanks bud!

Hopefully a quick one, I think this is okay, and it's going to be checked but I don't want to have to rip it out. I'm chasing in for a kitchen - I have a few backboxes horizontally above the worktop as normal. I've also put a back box below, but it's NOT inline with one of the ones above. My...

I just found you have to really phone round each time. The people who did me an absolute bargain for my floor slab were a bit on the pricey side for screed. But yeah, life's too short IMHO

I'm washing my hair. Fell for this crap a few years back with a mate, won't be fooled twice!

Wow, you're flying through that - fair play plate!

Funny you should mention that. In honesty I kind of gave up on that to a degree - I do have a folder of invoices to add up, but I've long since stopped including the 10 quid Screwfix trips.

Hahaha..hahaha....haha....sigh..... That's a long story. The lead discussed is a shared connection from next door. We actually do have a brand new plastic watermain which was put in a couple of years back now. Unfortunately Severn Trent Water messed us about for over 6 months and once it was...

Well, fears above aside, not gonna lie - I'm damn pleased about the end result. A bit lower than I wanted in the cold light of day - could've done with an extra 5mm but while it's not particularly flat it is pretty level. Couldn't find anywhere where my long spirit level was out of the middle...

Maybe I'll give the hammer test a shot next week! I'll have to wait to check the level properly, but that's how it mostly looked!

Yeah, to be honest I really really debated whether or not to do it. Normally it's definitely a trade to hand off, but it marked the last of the big stuff to learn/try on this build before I get back into my comfort zone of running wires and building stud walls! So I figured I'd give it a shot...

Not sure what you mean by binding layer? Bearing in mind this is on polythene vapour barrier So I put down a couple of battens from side to side of the room (so I could work back towards the door). Because it's a small room that was enough for me to screed the entire width while touching both...

Nah, just regular sand and cement - I just went readymix as it was only an extra £50 or so, and comes with the fibres and retarded

Well, I got the screed in today but I've got a horrible feeling I've screwed it right up. Readymix was delivered at the same time that the torrential rain decided to arrive - managed to keep it pretty dry, but in my rush to bash it in I pretty much forgot about the compacting side of screeding...

Right, hopefully not a DIY disaster incoming. Long story short - readymix screed arrived along with torrential rain. In my rush to keep it dry and get it indoors and sorted, I didn't really do a huge amount of compaction looking back. On a scale of "You're Fine" to "That's gonna need to come...

I never quite won this, but I recently saw some advice that said to mix more vs adding water. Personally, I had real problems with my mortar going off quickly last summer and to some degree in heatwave weather you're never gonna win. Use a plastic spot board if you can and damp everything...

Over thinking as ever! 100mm screed it is

Hey guys - got some screed coming tomorrow, but now I've finished up the insulation and revealed the existing floor I'm a bit lower than I anticipated. To get to same floor height is just under 100mm. I knew it would be high, but thought more like 85mm Concrete company reckon their screed will...