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    Original Rosemary tiles

    judging by your pic no, unless you were planning on building a shed and needed a roof.
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    Solid Maple floor on contaminated concrete

    Have you thought about hiring a concrete planner?
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    Parquet Flooring

    Thanks again for your help, but i have already bought it. What would you recommend for cleaning maintenance?
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    Parquet Flooring

    Thanks for your advice i have no finished laying the floor, i can't get time to sand and finish it for 2 weeks or so. I have gone for bona mega for the finish as it's mahogany (was concerned with the pachyness with oil). I have also split the room in 2, using oak for the dining side. I...
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    Tattered felt

    could you post a pic of the damaged tiles?
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    Tattered felt

    A pic would be very helpful, but as already said you will have many more damaged and a re-roof will be the only real option.
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    What are these (and more importantly, what do they do?)

    they are bracing's mate, i wouldn't pull them off
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    Kahrs Wood Floor (15mm cornwall), expansion gaps or not....

    i'm just a novice in this flooring lark, but when i was planning the expansion gap in my room, i hacked off the bottom 4 inches of plaster and screwed a batten at this height and just above where my flooring would be so i had 20mm plus the thickness of the skirting to work with. I did...
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    Help!!How to get Bitumen off Oak Parquet

    i have just done this with a 25m2 floor, and by far the quickest was to use a 'hook shave' and scrape the bitumen off, then plane 0.5 millimetres off the back so it was back to bare wood then sand the old varnish/filler off the edges using a bench sander. This took well over 60 hrs but the...
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    Parquet Flooring

    Just been reading a bit on the forum, and you mention priming the sub floor? The floor screed i'l be using is sealofloor. Thanks again.
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    can't seem to find a loft ladder that fixes to the hatch its

    Cut a new hatch where you can buy a ladder that will fit
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    Parquet Flooring

    Almost ready to start now, man do them blocks take some cleaning!! Another question for you, do you need to press in the blocks after laying? with a roller or something? Cheers.
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    Best sealant for guttering ?

    i'd use a decent silicone sealant , that bitumen stuff is for bodgers!
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    Lead valley / gutter

    You'd be better off relaying the whole lot with a step or 2, once lead has stretched enough to crack it has a tendancy to keep cracking. Call a roofer, leadwelder in for a quote, wont be cheap though. Another solution is laying a fibreglass flat roof there.
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    Parquet Flooring

    Thanks, I'll hire one for the job, bit pricey to buy !!
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    Parquet Flooring

    Thanks!! Just one more question, if i put a 2 block border around the room how do i do it? do i do it first and cut the blocks as i reach the border or is there another way?
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    Parquet Flooring

    hi mate, it will be self level floor screed over concrete
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    Parquet Flooring

    Hi, i have read quite a bit about parquet on here, and am about to install it myself at home, I have decided to use lecol 5500 as the adhesive and osmo polyx oil as the finish. My question is how do i set out to start? And i'm planning on putting a 2 block border around and main bit will...
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