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Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me. I am planning on tiling my kitchen but before I start wanted to find out how I can tile around my kitchen worktop. Basically both the worktops have been butted up to the wall on at both ends of the kitchen so a tile will not pass beside it...

Just got a smaple of Tredaire Boardwalk and although its 5mm its not enough to even the floor out.. The man selling the underlay wont be installing the laminate.... Looks like its gonna need to be leveled..... oh the joys....

Thanks flooringman, I went into a carpet shop today and explained that the floor was uneven. The guy in the shop reckons I can by broadwalk underlay which is thicker than normal and this will sort it out? Do you think this will work?

Hi Magrah, Thanks for the tips.. THe ceiling is plasterboard and so is pretty even. I've got a mixing paddle and drill so should be able to mix it up quick enough?

Do you know Epping? :D

Hi, Thanks for all your tips... I will definitely be wearing goggles after reading everything on here. As ceilings are a lot harder to do I might get a professional in. Thing is we have had as few spreads who have done poor jobs so would rather do it myself if that makes sense?

Hi, I have taken some pictures of the floor and attached them below. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated: http://tinyurl.com/3o43m37

Hi, Thanks for your response. I dont think the floor is bitumen as its about 10mm thick. It doesnt have squares in it either.... Would a picture of it help? I've been looking at leveling compounds. Whats the best one to get for this type of floor? Thanks in advance

Hi, I am new to plastering but have done a few walls which have turned out ok. I am now ready to try my 1st ceiling an was looking for some tips... The 1st thing I wanted to no was, the ceiling has been re-boarded and all the scres have been sunk. How many coats should I skim it with...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me. I would like to laminate my front room floor but after taking up the old carpert and underlay have found that the floor is REALLY uneven in places. The current floor is black and looks like some sort of leveling compound which was put down when...

Hi, I've taken the batteries out and replaced them with new ones but when I put them back still nothing happens? The boiler was turned off for about 2weeks when we 1st bought the house, do you think this has something to do with it? Thanks in advance

I have the instruction booklet and have followed them, however It still isnt working. What I wanted to establish was, should the red light on the HCW80 be on all the time or does it only come on when it communicates with the HC60NG? I have checked the batteries are in the correct way too...

Hi, We recently bought a new house which has a Vaillant boiler which uses a HCW80 thermostat and a HC60NG relay module. However after we took the batteries out of the HCW80 and replaced them we have been unable to get thermostat to communicate with the HC60NG. I have followed the...

Thanks for all the replies. We've had a 2nd opinion from a different plasterer and he reckons the plaster is bad. He said its either the plaster was out of date or it went off too quickly.

Is there any paint we can buy that would fix this? We are running out of time and options... We really need to get the ceiling sorted so that the new kitchen units can go in. Thanks in advance Steve

Hi thanks Richard, I dont think any PVA was put on after it was plastered, but i know it was used before it was plastered. The Mist coat i would say was around 25% water, i dont think it was too thin or too thick. Any reccommendations on how to resolve the prob, we are running out of...

Thanks for your reply James. Its so frustrating. Someone else suggested stripping the paint off and starting again but that will take time and could cause damage to the new plaster. Hows your paint looking now you've brushed it on and the used a roller?

Hi, We recently reboarded our kitchen ceiling using fireboards. We then had the ceiling plastered and left it 48hrs before painting it. The 1st coat we did a mist coat and then 24hrs later did a 2nd normal coat. After it dried the 2nd coat looked a bit patchy and so we gave it a 3rd...