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Hi Matt, I hope you dont mind me contacting you as you are the wizard on flooring. I have followed your post on Leveling a wooden subfloor using 6mm wbp ply. I have fixed the ply and created a water tignt rectangle of 1.5 x 2.5 meters. I was just about to prime with the fball 131, when I stuck a...

Please can someone help me on the forum posted in flooring.. http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1974531#1974531

make that 30mm over 1500 any advice..

Yes, I'll take some photos for you all to have a giggle. My next problem has arisen. The floor area is 2.5 long x 1.5 meters wide. The floor is sloping down width ways, It looks like 20mm in the slope. I only have one bag of F-ball 700. Can I build up the right hand side of the floor with...

Perfect, thanks, I'll screed and leave the room alone until tom. Great advice about the glue changing colour! Thanks again, :D

Hi Guys, I'm on the last few days of my bathroom rennovation. I've just laid 6mm wbp ply ontop of the floorbords using screws. I have purchased F-ball 131 and 700 superflex. Any advice on application and drying times.. (Also amtico ps adhesive) I was hoping to have the amtico dowm tom. The...

Thanks guys, I Turned off the valve and thermostat in the bedroom next door and then cut the pipe to the radiator in the bathroom - drained a good pint. Then moved the pipe, via a speefit join and all ok.

Sounds positive then. I just don't want to bleed all the downstairs radiators and add new inhibitor. Funny comment though, my partner always says I faff about with diy. Thanks

Hi Guys, I'm on the last few days of my bathroom project. Yesterday I removed a cheap tatty radiator from the bathroom and want to replace it with a towel rail type. The existing rad pipes come up through the floorbords at 730 ctrs, the new rad will have 550 ctrs. I have located the pipe...

For information, Dec was spot on. I watered down what was left in the tin yesterday and primed the bare plaster. Today I added a couple of coats of dulux bathroom paint and the finish is superb! Thanks again Dec

Seems like Betty more and more everyday! Especially when I'm on the DIY.

Thanks Dec! I'll use the primer. At least its one less tin in the house for my partner to moan about. Thanks again

forgot to say the foller is only 3mm thick at worst. I cant justify another trip to the diy store. I have some waterbased homebase weathercoat primer undercoat. or some dulux weathershield smooth masonary paint.. can i waterdown any of these 2?

Hi, I have just added a lot of polycell trade filler to some areas of my bathroom and was going to do a mist coat (20% water mixed) of Dulux mouldtek soft sheen and then finish with a dulux bathroom paint as a top coat.(mixed at B&Q) Is this ok, as I have 2 tins of mouldtek for the celing so...

Thanks guys, I went to my local plumbers merchant today and the result was a 3/8 connector. Muggles and knowyourmoney, thankyou so much for the fantastic advice. I've worked out the bathroom would have cost me £10,000 if I had tradesman in. Amazing that I've done it for £1200 through sourcing...